A FORMAÇÃO DOS FORMADORES DE PROFESSORES DE MATEMÁTICA: um estudo na Licenciatura em Matemática do IFG – Campus Goiânia

Abstract

The present work entitled “The Training of Mathematics Teachers’ Trainers: a study in the Degree in Mathematics of IFG - Campus Goiânia” has as its main objective to carry out a study that allows to identify and to understand how the formation of the trainers of Mathematics Teachers’ Trainers in basic education is constituted at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Goiás - Campus Goiânia. In order to achieve this goal, we carried out a historical contextualization of teacher training and the emergence of higher mathematics courses in Brazil, as well as how the situation in the state of Goiás is in relation to the formation of Mathematics teachers. For a more in-depth knowledge of the subject, a review of the literature on “Teacher Training” was performed, among articles, dissertations and theses available in the main research environments such as: CAPES journal bank, digital libraries of several Universities and magazines linked to the area of Education. This consultation was also extended to several books by a variety of authors, Brzezinski (2006, 2014), D'Ambrósio (1996), Fiorentini (2003), Tardif (2012) and their indications. This review, in addition to providing a new insight into the current scenario of teacher education, shows the categories that emerge related to the formation of teachers' trainers, among them the construction of teacher professionalism, teacher identity, professional development and the set of knowledges that the trainer possesses. All of these categories will be discussed in detail during this work. The in loco research was developed at the Federal Institute of Goiás - Campus Goiânia, specifically in the Mathematics Degree course. It became necessary to know the reality of this institution from the beginning of course creation until the present moment and also to understand how the process of creation of this specific course was analyzed through its Political Pedagogical Project. To obtain the data about the trainers, a research was carried out with students, teachers and the coordinator of the course. In each segment, different methodologies were adopted. In relation to the students, a questionnaire was applied, the coordinator participated in a semi-structured interview and the trainers of the selected teachers answered a questionnaire and also participated in a semi-structured interview. All these instruments served as a basis for future conclusions about the training of trainers. In addition to the analysis of the interviews and the questionnaires, all Completion Course Works were analyzed in the period between 2013-2016, with the objective of seeking possible convergences between the proposed themes with the training of the supervisor and with the performance of the teacher in basic education. After the analysis of all the researched material and data collected, we could observe that the formation of the trainers directly influences the construction of the knowledge employed in their teaching practice. The positioning of the respondents who have completed their studies in the area of Mathematics Education or Education make it clear that specific knowledge is necessary, but not enough to train new teachers. A more comprehensive training in teaching enables mathematics teachers to reflect, understand and transform their practices.