Uma proposta de trabalho didático com a geometria projetiva

Abstract

The so named non-Euclidean geometries are a part of the History of Mathematics, but our readings indicate an absence of space for this subject in Brazilian Mathematics teaching degree courses. Opposing this scenario, we aimed to devise materials for both current and future Mathematics teachers under a different perspective for Geometry. Our goal was to search the literature for ways of presenting projective geometry in order to make up an educational product that shows a possibility of axiomatizing such theory. The proposed course was applied to a group of Mathematics teaching undergraduate students who had already gone through a Plane Euclidean Geometry class at a public University, which created the opportunity for a field study. The activities we propose in our product are of investigative nature, aiming to solve Euclidean Geometry problems in alternative ways with the help of a Dynamic Geometry software after the presentation of a Projective Geometry conception. Our investigation was focused on the question “In which ways can a basic and introductory class on Projective Geometry contribute for teaching degree students to structurally rethink Geometry by widening its foundations?”. The data we generated in our research was analyzed according to the phenomenological approach, in which reductions are made based from genuine manifestations of the study subjects and categorizations are obtained in the form of signification convergences.