Banca de DEFESA: Marcia Rodrigues Leal

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STUDENT : Marcia Rodrigues Leal
DATE: 29/08/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Sala de Atos FE1
TITLE:

Perceptions of undergraduates regarding Creativity in Mathematics in the field of Geometry

KEY WORDS:

Teaching Geometry. Creativity in Mathematics. Critical and Creative Thinking in Mathematics. Formation of Mathematics teachers

PAGES: 347
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Educação
SUMMARY:

The objective of this thesis was to analyze the activities developed in a discipline that deals with the teaching of geometry in an initial training course for mathematics teachers, verifying its potential for the development of creativity of future teachers in this area, both in the personal aspect and for the performance. teacher. The central question in this study is “What are the perceptions of undergraduate students in Mathematics about Creativity in Mathematics related to Geometry and the relevance of including this content in their training process?”. The investigation was developed based on a qualitative research approach, based on an epistemological basis in the phenomenological method, with a case study. The results found were organized in the Multipaper production format, consisting of publishable articles. The investigation took place with a class of the degree course in Mathematics of a public university in the Federal District/DF, composed of 14 students. Data collection was carried out by monitoring/observing classes, applying questionnaires (answered by eight of them), carrying out and applying workshops (by the regent teacher and the 14 students) and at the end of the process, interviews were carried out with six of these students. The results point to contributions to the initial and continuing education of Mathematics teachers, aimed at the inclusion of topics in Creativity in Mathematics in the field of Geometry, related to student learning, as it was apprehended that in the development of the Critical Thinking and Creative in Mathematics that they managed to recognize the potential of each phase of the workshop for Creativity in the field of Geometry, since different ideas were explored, different from routine ones. All stages fostered curiosity, new ideas, motivation and the use of methodological strategies used by the participants. The students and the conducting teacher brought a different approach to each of the workshops, with extensive involvement with the activities proposed to explore the contents of Geometry, providing opportunities for the manifestation of Creativity. The students identified, after analyzing problems in the High School Mathematics textbook, that in the vast majority of cases they were closed problems, which had only one way of solving them, indicating the need to develop teaching skills to transform such problems into situations open, which could be so abstract that they allow many ways to arrive at the answer or even there are no solutions, allowing the raising of hypotheses that would be reasonable to arrive at the solutions. It was also observed that the pedagogical discipline of the degree in Mathematics was of great relevance in the training process of these students. Based on the literature and on the analysis of the information collected in the investigation, the thesis is that the introduction of Creativity topics in this process of Mathematics teacher training, contributed significantly to the redefinition of the teaching of Geometry, since the activities developed in the discipline which dealt with the teaching of Geometry, involving the workshops, stimulated the Critical and Creative Thinking of the students in training, fostering in them the desire to perpetuate this new class designer in the future teaching practice.

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Presidente - 1714408 - CLEYTON HERCULES GONTIJO
Externa ao Programa - 2141673 - RAQUEL CARNEIRO DORR - UnBExterna ao Programa - 1782267 - REGINA DA SILVA PINA NEVES - UnBExterno à Instituição - CARLOS EDUARDO MATHIAS MOTTA - UFF
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