O ensino de matemática na Escola Normal de Belém entre 1950-1970: fragmentos de história

Abstract

This research outlined in the field of mathematics education, takes as its study object Mathematics course of the twentieth century inscribed in the History of the Normal School in Belém do Pará. The investigated period ranges from the 50s to the 70s, since, in 1971, there was the enactment of Law 5,692 / 71, which abolished the Normal School. Initially sought to problematize the object of this study and went looking for elements that denoted the arguments along the dissertation. The reflections on the object generated the first questions. Outlined the objectives, the route started with the establishment of an overview, using literature on the subject. Selected documents, including primary nature, such as current legislation, list of names of teachers, textbook. I performed the interviews order to complete some senses gaps left sometimes by the sources. The way the research was permeated by initial questions such as: What disciplines of Normal School were part of the curriculum? What were the contents? As these contents were mobilized? These questions guided my understanding of the facts and the construction of the text. So purpose build a history of mathematics education developed at the Normal School in Belém, in the mid-twentieth century. Through the construction of this history, it would be possible to then reveal that Mathematics was mobilized for the formation of normalistas from the 1950s to 1970. In addition to "understand the past," the study proposes to reflect on it to improve future practices more aware and interwoven with the historical background and the educational legislation. The intersection with the chosen theoretical framework: Certeau (2011); Chartier (2002); Chervel (1990); Thompson (1992) and Brazilian authors as Valente and Garnica were needed to strengthen the argument. The study brings nuances of the story of the Normal School with regard to the educational practices of mathematics discipline and the use of the teaching guide. Such practices were developed from interviews with Maria Ferreira and Eneida Norat teachers as well as from the intersection of the testimonies of the teachers with the documentation selected for this research. Thus, this is the first history of the Normal School as part of the history of mathematics education written in the light of the above highlighted references and is in addition to the history of Brazilian education.