Abstract

SCHNEIDER, Cintia  and  COSTA, David Antonio da. THE IMPORTANCE OF GAMES FOR TEACHING ARITHMETIC IN MANUALS WRITTEN BY THEOBALDO MIRANDA SANTOS. Rev. Exitus [online]. 2019, vol.9, n.2, pp.76-104.  Epub July 19, 2019. ISSN 2237-9460.  https://doi.org/10.24065/2237-9460.2019v9n2id855.

This paper aims to understand the role of games for the teaching of arithmetic in the pedagogical manuals 'Notions of special didactics', 'Methodology of primary education', 'Manual of the primary teacher' authored by Theobaldo Miranda Santos, two of these manuals were published in the years 1960 and 1952. The analyzes use contributions of cultural history (CHARTIER, 2010) privileging the pedagogical manuals as sources of research (VALENTE, 2008; CHOPPIN, 2009), besides other contributions of the history of mathematics education, and Moura (1999) and Mattos (2009) as a reference with regard to games for the teaching of arithmetic. Theobaldo Miranda Santos was an important author, responsible for the publication of many pedagogical manuals and his figure becomes even more relevant when it comes to the clash between Catholicism and Escolanovismo in the middle of the last century. As for the games, Santos indicates their use, but without specifically mentioning a given game or presenting a tutorial. Santos is confused in defining his position regarding games, however, we can see the homogeneity in all three manuals, as they state that games are a way to make arithmetic more interesting, fun and sensitive to the students' daily lives.

Keywords : Games for teaching arithmetic; Teaching manuals; History of mathematics education.

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