A história da matemática como recurso didático na educação de jovens e adultos: propostas de atividades para os ciclos III e IV

Abstract

This dissertation presents a study about the use of History in Mathematics classes in Youth and Adult Education. Its main objective is to emphasize the importance of historical problems for the meaningful learning of this subject. Therefore, the bibliographic research was used as methodology. This research found that Adult Education in Brazil has undergone transformations throughout its history that justifies the need for a different methodology, with emphasis on the contextualization of content. However, to achieve this goal, educators, in addition to knowing the history of mathematics, need specific training to make effective use of this didactic resource. In this sense, this work presents a summary of the main mathematicians, civilizations and scholars who contributed to the development of mathematics, from the Babylonians to Fibonacci. Finally, it provides a list of thirteen activities that can be applied in Youth and Adult Education in order to contribute to the enrichment of mathematics classes.