Defasagem de aprendizagem em matemática: o caso de uma escola estadual de educação profissional do estado do Ceará

Abstract

The present dissertation aimed to elaborate an intervention proposal to minimize the learning discrepancy in Mathematics at a State School of Professional Education (EEEP, in Portuguese) in the state of Ceará. From a management case, we investigated the work conditions with the discipline at the institution in order to propose alternatives to overcome the problem. The selection of the school is justified given that the author was, at the beginning of the research, the principal of the EEEP being analyzed and, therefore, in a position to verify that the learning discrepancy, especially in Mathematics, may configure one of the main hurdles to the implementation of professionalizing courses at the school. In order to obtain information to describe and analyze the case, the investigation had as methodology the use of interviews with semi-structured scripts and documental research. By the end of the first chapter we came to the conclusion that there are two core elements influencing the problem: the organization and the responsibilities of the management team and the role of the school management in teacher training and assistance. On chapter 2, the issue was analyzed taking these two elements into consideration. Data analysis was conducted from the perspective of the following authors: Heloísa Lück (2008, 2009), Henry Mintzberg (2010), Thelma Polon (2011), José Carlos Libâneo (2008), Márcia Lima (2007), Ana Maria Falsarella (2004), Sérgio Lorenzato (2006), Plínio Moreira (2005) and Fernando Almeida (2011). Therefore, on chapter 3 we presented an intervention proposal which consists on actions to redefine the attributions of the management team and organize their work, so that the management may act in teacher training and assistance, focusing on Mathematics teachers. As such, within the restraints of this research, proposals were considered as an attempt to contribute to overcome the learning discrepancy in Mathematics at the studied school.