Praxeology for teaching geometric solids: the case of a scholarship holder from the pedagogical residence -mathematics program at the Federal University of Sergipe

Abstract

This article aims to present how the Pedagogical Residency Program (PRP) contributed to the choice of praxeologies a mathematics degree course student at the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) made to teach geometric solids in a 6th-grade class. fundamental. To this end, we based the study on the anthropological theory of didactics (ATD), developed by the theorist Yves Chevallard. To reach the objective, we followed the group of residents to which our student belonged during the program. At this stage, our work consisted of field research, and, for data collection, we used the logbook, interviews, application of a questionnaire and the students’ reports, in which they described the activities carried out during the program. For data treatment, our approach was mainly qualitative, with a more interpretative perspective. Among the main results, we evidenced that the praxeologies used by the resident carry much of the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC), the most recent guiding document of basic education, read and discussed in the weekly meetings of the PRP. In her approach, the resident used the methodology of manipulative materials, which was also studied in these meetings. In this way, we evidenced the articulation between theory and practice defended by the PRP, while the resident put into practice what was discussed at the university.