A modelagem como uma “atividade” de “seres-humanos-com-mídias”

Abstract

This research focuses on the investigative practices of modeling a group of students of the sixth grade of elementary municipal school in Juiz de Fora (MG). These practices were analyzed through the lens of a theoretical framework drawn from elements of the theory of Activity compared with the theoretical construct of human beings-with-media framework that assumes this investigation the dual role of analytical principle and object of study. It is a research of qualitative nature, that the data considered for analysis were the own actions of the subject (human actors) in the presence of media (human not actresses), in their modeling practices. These data were collected by means of audio recording of conversations of the subjects (students and teachers), while developing their modeling tasks, interviews (individual and collective) and observations, being subsequently analyzed by this theoretical framework. Through this analysis, it was possible to consider the pertinence of the theoretical framework assumed in order to facilitate the analysis of modeling practices. Analysis that, in the case of this investigation, allowed to discuss the relationship between modeling and computer media, especially the Internet; In addition to considering issues relating to the presence of modeling in the math curriculum.