UMA ANÁLISE DA APRENDIZAGEM DE CONTEÚDOS MATEMÁTICOS NO ENSINO SUPERIOR A DISTÂNCIA

Abstract

Linked to the research line Theories of Education and Pedagogical Processes, the goal of this dissertation was to characterize the learning of the content of the Calculation discipline in graduation degree course in distance mode. In the opening chapters, didactic-pedagogical and the pedagogical models used in virtual learning environments are presented, with emphasis on information and communication technologies in distance teachers‟ formation in Brazil. Thereunto, it was based on the works of Alonso (2008, 2010), Belloni (1999, 2002), Sancho (2010) and Toschi (2004, 2011). As for the pedagogical-didactic teaching Calculus in learning environments in graduate education, it was presented the learning of the mathematical contents into a cultural-historical perspective, based on the works of Bairral (2009), Borba (2004, 2010, 2011) , Vygotsky (2006, 2008) and Zulatto (2007), among others. The empirical research relied on data collection instruments, namely: a) two questionnaires administered to the Physics students in Calculus discipline I from the Open University of Brazil, from Goianésia campus; and b) observation of the interactions and activities held in Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle platform) from this course. The empirical data were analyzed based on the concepts of mediation and concept formation. It was possible to observe that the absence of an actor who assumes the pedagogical mediator role causes in students the need to face moments to promote learning. This lack and other factors from the didactic-pedagogic order add up so that the learning of mathematical content in graduate distance education encounters significant obstacles to the mathematical concepts formation.