The emergency of meanings about the concept of ethnomodelling during a training action for mathematics teachers

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https://doi.org/10.35819/tear.v10.n2.a5433

Abstract

Abstract: Ethnomodelling is consolidating itself as a theoretical-methodological and political construct in the area of ??Mathematics Education, when it allows the exploration of mathematical knowledge practiced in different social groups (Ethnomathematics), normally minorities, in a formal character — translated through techniques (Modelling). Pedagogical actions based on this approach can allow the construction of more critical educational scenarios involving teachers and students. For this to happen, teachers need to know and reflect on this concept. The aim of this study was to investigate the meanings of Ethnomodelling that emerged during a formative action with Mathematics teachers from a municipality in the interior of Bahia. A training action was carried out, in six meetings, with all teachers who taught mathematics in the final years of elementary school, in the city, and the corpus of this article is composed of only three teachers who accepted to respond to a semi-structured interview addressing aspects of training. For data analysis, Discursive Textual Analysis (ATD) was used. From this analysis, four categories emerged: formative process; teaching; curriculum, and dialogic approach, the latter being analyzed in this article. The results showed that the teachers participating in the training process understood Ethnomodelling as a methodological approach that mainly aims at valuing the local mathematical knowledge of students, and the Mathematics practiced by the various cultural and social groups to which they belong.


Keywords: Mathematics Education. Ethnomodelling. Teacher training.

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Author Biographies

  • José Lucas Matias de Eça, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB)

    Mestre em Educação em Ciências e Matemática, UESC (2020). Especialista em Metodologia do Ensino de Matemática e Física, UNINTER (2017). Especialista em Ensino de Matemática no Ensino Médio, UESB (2017). Graduado em Licenciatura em Matemática, UFRB (2015). Professor da rede municipal de Cairu.

  • Jurema Lindote Botelho Peixoto, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC

    Doutora em Difusão do Conhecimento pela UFBA, Mestre em Matemática pela UFBA, professora adjunta do Departamento de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, professora do Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação em Ciências e Matemática – PPGECM

  • Zulma Elizabete de Freitas Madruga, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia - UFRB

    Doutora em Educação em Ciências e Matemática pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). Professora Adjunta no Centro de Formação de Professores da Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB). Docente permanente do Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação em Ciências e Matemática da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC).

Published

2021-12-10

How to Cite

The emergency of meanings about the concept of ethnomodelling during a training action for mathematics teachers. #Tear: Journal of Education, Science and Technology, Canoas, v. 10, n. 2, 2021. DOI: 10.35819/tear.v10.n2.a5433. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ifrs.edu.br/index.php/tear/article/view/5433. Acesso em: 6 jun. 2026.