A study on the conceptions, beliefs and attitudes of the teachers in relation to the mathematics / Um estudo sobre as concepções, crenças e atitudes dos professores em relação a matematica

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

Studies in the area of Psychology and Mathematical Education points that the conceptions, beliefs and the attitudes of the teachers are important elements to be considered in the elaboration and accomplishment of its activities. In this way, this study had as intention to investigate, to the level of the discourse, the conception of the teachers of the first phase of basic education (Grade 1st to 4th) on the Mathematical Knowledge, its Beliefs with the Mathematics, the Confidence and the Mathematical Utility of the teachers as well as verifying its Attitudes in relation to the Mathematics. This one also searched to verify the existence of relation between these constructos. The results had disclosed that the professors had presented: more conceptions of the constructivist type, attitudes more positive than negative in relation to the Mathematics, the instrumentalist belief concerning the Mathematics, had been more confident and had presented more favorable attitudes with the Mathematical utility. The teachers that had disclosed to be more confident and more positive attitudes with the Mathematical utility, they had presented to be more positive with the Mathematical, conceptions of the constructivist type and high self perception of the performance in Mathematics. Thus, it had as hypothesis that the constructos, Conception on Mathematical knowledge, Attitudes in relation to the Mathematics, Confidence, Mathematical Utility, and self perception of the mathematical performance presents the trend to be dependent and related. This was also verified that how much lesser was the time of experience of the teacher, they presented conception on knowledge of the constructivist type. And the teachers that had carried through the graduation in public institutions, had presented more conceptions of the constructivist type than innatism and empirism. In such a way, the construtos, Conception on Mathematical knowledge, Attitudes in relation to the Mathematics, Mathematical Belief, Confidence, Mathematical Utility, and self perception of the mathematical performance shown as sources of important information for the guiding of the activities, therefore the activity of the teacher is in function of what it thinks on the Mathematics (conceptions and beliefs) and feels it (attitudes) regarding the Mathematics

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professores matematica concepção crenças mathematics belief atitudes conceptions attitude teachers

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