Abstract

GONCALVES, Harryson Júnio Lessa; DIAS, Ana Lúcia Braz  and  PERALTA, Deise Aparecida. THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS IN TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION: A CURRICULAR ANALYSIS. Revista da FAEEBA: Educação e Contemporaneidade [online]. 2019, vol.28, n.54, pp.155-172.  Epub July 10, 2019. ISSN 2358-0194.  https://doi.org/10.21879/faeeba2358-0194.2019.v28.n54.p155-172.

The article delineates the Brazilian system of Professional and Technological Education and discusses the necessities, difficulties and didactical strategies of Brazilian teachers relating to mathematical content in technical courses of the area of Industry in a public school in Brazil. For this we conducted a qualitative study based on technical visits to the school investigated, analysis of curricula and teacher interviews. The study reveals that, in the different modalities of professional and technical education (concomitant/subsequent), mathematics is presented in the curriculum as what is called “technological base”, and that it must, therefore, be part of the students’ education, going beyond merely instrumental perspectives of teaching.

Keywords : Teaching math; Mathematics curriculum; Vocational education; Technical education.

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