Buscando um perfil da população: quais as crenças dos professores de matemática?

Abstract

This article draws an attitude profile of the population of mathematics tearchers in Rio de Janeiro. Likert scales were constructed and validated in order to situate the teachers in relation to six statements that represented traditional teaching. In a pilot sample of 100 teachers we found that they disagreed with the statements, independently of the school year they teach, their educational background and the type of school they teach (public or private). Therefore, at least at the discourse level, those who teach mathematics do not have a traditional attitude towards this science and its teaching and learning.