Práticas matemáticas em uma turma do primeiro segmento da EJA

Abstract

The motivation for this research was the concomitant interest in the teaching and learning of mathematics by students of the Youth and Adult Education (YAE). The research proposal is guided, for discretion in performing mathematical tasks able to relate mathematical knowledge gained in life experience of these students with knowledge learned in school. The main question of this study was: What were the challenges and possibilities in the teaching and learning of mathematics in a term I room of the 1st segment of the Youth and Adult Education? Starting from this question, we sought to investigate how is the process of teaching and learning mathematics in Youth and Adult Education classroom (YAE) of the First Term of the first segment in a school municipal a country town São Paulo. Methodologically the research took advantage of a qualitative approach. The research theoretical references this work was relating to the education of young and adult students, in addition to mathematics education in adult education. The location of the data collection was in a Municipal Center for Early Childhood Education (MCECE), which served the children day and night periods of Youth and Adult Education. The study included a teacher of adult education and its 13 students, and the data collection was carried out through two interviews - initial and final - with the teacher of adult education; math tasks developed with students; reflective dialogues with the teacher registered in the field diary and interviews with some students of the EJA. Data analysis was made by axes and analysis subcategories. The first axis is titled the game was not played and the second Mathematical practices across contexts, which was subdivided into two subcategories: Task of the textbook: the use of golden material and the abacus and the daily lives of students through troubleshooting. Results showed the occurrence of mathematical practices arising from daily life and school. Most students, though autonomous in mathematical practices out of school, could not accomplish on their own school mathematical tasks. In a way, the school practices experienced by the class curtail them autonomy, a fact impeding citizenship that is rightfully theirs. In contrast, it was observed that, in mathematical tasks related to the daily lives of these students, experience the reports were extracted experienced by them. The development of everyday situations-problems, with dialogues and interventions performed in the classroom between researcher, teacher and students, allowed the latter broaden their knowledge in mathematics. This survey also revealed that mathematics was taken by the teacher and the students as a difficult subject to teach and to learn. We therefore conclude that mathematics taught in that class is a mix of mathematical practices from various contexts which were, or still are, of great importance for young and adults students in adult education.