Abstract

PRADO, Maria Elisabette Brisola Brito  and  LOBO-DA-COSTA, Nielce Meneguelo. The role of programming activity in the process of knowledge construction for teaching. e-Curriculum [online]. 2016, vol.14, n.3, pp.898-918. ISSN 1809-3876.  https://doi.org/10.23925/1809-3876.2016v14i3p0898.

In this paper, we analyze two episodes involving mathematical concepts and programming activity, which integrated researches on continuing mathematics teacher education. The aim was to understand the possibilities of activities used in the reported episodes in relation to (re) construction of knowledge necessary for teaching with technology. The qualitative methodology guided data collection and formative processes. The instruments for data collection were: questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, field diary and teachers’ protocols of programming activities with Geogebra or Scratch. The theoretical framework was built upon Papert's constructionism, based on Valente’s programming activity, utilizing Almeida and Valente’s integrated vision of technology use and as for the knowledge for teaching; it was funded in Mishra and Koehler. The analysis of the first episode showed that the programming activity developed in Geogebra enabled the group of teachers to review and systematize mathematical concepts involved, favoring (re) construction of the technological content knowledge. In the second episode, the use of the programming language Scratch unveiled the knowledge involved is fed back, whether specific content, technology or pedagogical, in this case, providing the group with the (re) construction of technological pedagogical content knowledge. The episodes analyzed showed the potential of programming activity for the construction of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) for teaching. The results give us evidence that the programming activity is a possibility to be used in teacher education aiming to help the teachers to integrate TDIC in their practice.

Keywords : Integration; DICT; Scratch; Teacher Training.

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