Pra que eu estudo isso? Percepção dos licenciandos em matemática do CESP sobre máximos e mínimos

Abstract

This research is qualitative and descriptive in nature, and its general objective is to understand the perception of the undergraduates in mathematics at CESP / UEA about maximums and minimums, and their relationship with mathematics taught in basic education. In order to achieve this goal, we used the respective methodological procedures: PPC analysis, analysis of Calculation books available at CESP library and application of a mixed questionnaire. As for the results, we realize that the context presented by the undergraduates occurs in a disciplinary, decontextualized and fragmented way. In the books we identified that the way the maximum and minimum content is presented reflects directly in the teaching practices: definition, exemplification and resolution of exercises as pointed out by the research subjects, and we make a brief sample of relationships between the study of maximum and minimum. of the degree with the contents covered in the Basic Education from what we find in the books.