Unveiling paths for the professional learning of the math teacher of the early years of elementary School

analysis of the actions of a teacher´s educators.

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1983-3156.2022v24i1p418-455

Keywords:

Opportunities of Professional Learning, Continuous Formation, Algebraic Thinking, Math Teachers, Early Years of Elementary School

Abstract

This article aims to identify the professional learning opportunities for teachers made possible during a formation process, focusing on the analysis of the planning of formations and the actions of the teacher educator to develop the training. This study is qualitative and constructionist, within the theoretical perspective of interpretivism. We analyzed the documents of the formation process and an interview of stimulated memory with the teachers’ educator that complemented them. The results revealed that the participants glimpsed possibilities of developing Algebraic Thinking with the elementary students, participated in mathematical and didactic discussions about the property of the opposite element, the neutral element (addition and multiplication) and the meaning of equivalence of the equal sign, and reflected on the knowledge of the 5th-graders of elementary school, related to the development of Algebraic Thinking. First, the teacher educator’s choices made it possible to articulate the mathematical and didactic dimensions and bring Academic Mathematics closer to School Mathematics linked to Algebraic Thinking. Second, it favored discursive interactions based on the argumentation and justification and moments of individual and collective work, aiming to expand knowledge.

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Author Biographies

Alessandro Jacques Ribeiro, Universidade de Lisboa

PhD in Mathematics Education at Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (2007). He developed two Post PhD stages: the first one at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States (2015) and the second at the Institute of Education of the University of Lisbon, Portugal (2017). Nowadays he is Professor Auxliar at the Institute of Education at UNiversity of Lisbon. His academic experience in Mathematics Education is mainly in the following subjects: Algebraic Education and Teacher Education. He worked as a teacher in Basic Education, in public and private schools in the State of Sao Paulo, for 10 years. He participated, as trainer, in continuing education programs for Mathematics teachers financed by SEE / SP. He was President of the Brazilian Mathematics Education Society (SBEM) from 07/2013 to 07/2016. It was fellow research productivity, level 2, CNPq, from 2020-2021.

Marcia Aguiar, Universidade Federal do ABC

PhD in Education at University of São Paulo (2014). Nowadays she is Professor at the Center for Mathematics, Computing and Cognition (CMCC), at Federal University of ABC (UFABC). Her academic experience in Mathematics Education is mainly in the following subjects: Algebraic Education and Teacher Education. She worked as a teacher in Basic Education, in the State of Sao Paulo, for 8 years.

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Published

2022-04-22

How to Cite

SILVA, D. I. B.; RIBEIRO, A. J. .; AGUIAR, M. Unveiling paths for the professional learning of the math teacher of the early years of elementary School: analysis of the actions of a teacher´s educators. Educação Matemática Pesquisa, São Paulo, v. 24, n. 1, p. 418–455, 2022. DOI: 10.23925/1983-3156.2022v24i1p418-455. Disponível em: https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/emp/article/view/56759. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.