Tecnologias da informação e comunicação na formação continuada de professores de matemática: um estudo com egressos do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Matemática

Abstract

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the mathematics classroom and schools signals a change in the teaching and learning process and thus in teacher education. At this juncture, this master's research has as research questions: How can the professional master's (MP) contribute to the formation of the teacher with regard to Information and Communication Technologies? What are the teaching practices with the use of ICT? To answer these questions, we had as general objective: To identify how the professional master (MP) contributed to the teacher education regarding the ICT and the practices adopted by the teacher in the teaching of mathematics. And as specific objectives: 1) Identify the contributions of a professional master's degree in teacher training to use ICT in the classroom; 2) Identify teachers' practices when using Information and Communication Technologies in math classes; 3) Contribute to discussions on teacher education and the use of ICT. To this end, we developed a qualitative research in which we used as a data production instrument a questionnaire and the writing of a narrative based on some guiding questions. Six graduates of the Graduate Program in Mathematical Education of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF) answered the questionnaire and four of them wrote the narratives. In the data analysis three axes of analysis emerged: Professional Master's Contributions to professional practice; Teaching practices with ICT and; Teaching work conditions. The analyzes showed the contributions of the Pos-Graduate Program in Mathematical Education (PPGEM) to the professional practice of the research participants, in which they could (re) signify their knowledge for their performance in the classroom. In addition, the study apprehended several classroom practices with ICTs that occurred even before teachers joined the MP. Finally, they face many difficulties and challenges in using technologies in the math classroom. As an educational product of this research, we elaborated a manual containing information about the different educational products developed in 2011-2019 by the graduates of PPGEM/UFJF, related to ICT for teaching mathematics in the classroom.