O uso das TICs para o ensino e a aprendizagem: perspectiva da Educação Matemática

Abstract

This work is about the use of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) as a tool for the teaching of Mathematics in elementary education in public schools. The main objective was to analyze the use of ICTs in the processes of teaching and learning of Math by teachers and students from municipal schools in Valparaíso de Goiás. We sought to identify what teachers understand by ICTs, to understand the relationships that they establish between them and Math teaching. In the same way, we seek to identify which ICTs are most used by students to facilitate Math learning. We have the collaboration of three hundred and thirtynine students from the ninth grade Elementary School classes and eight teachers from the municipal education. The instrument chosen to collect data was the questionnaire, one specific for teachers and another for students. The data revealed that teachers understand ICT‟s, as a tool that helps in Math teaching, dealing with information dynamically and interfering in the communication process. They admit that he access to the technologies in the public schools were they work exists, but is precarious, and they have to use particular resources. The students, by the way, expressed in their answers that they have access to diverse resources, especially cel phone, and use them as a study tool through videotapes, search sites, and others. In this direction, this study emphasizes the importance of conscious use of ICT‟s to make the met all of this tool so present in our lives, promoting a reflection about what can be done to have citizens prepared for life in a highly technological and connected society.