O cotidiano de uma escolado campo e a prática social de ensino da matemática na concepção da comunidade escolar

Abstract

There are many advances and challenges facing education in Brazil, especially when it concerns about countryside Education. However, in order to obtain a differentiated education, it is necessary to guarantee a proposal for the educators? background that matches with a pedagogical and curricular work organization in and of the countryside, which excels the school role in setting up values, developing skills and preparing people for life. Thus, the approach at Mathematics Education based on methodologies that can be effectively applied in countryside Education has been one of the proposals to overcome these mechanical processes of teaching and learning. Therefore, according to this research, answers were obtained for the following questions: what are the conceptions of the school community from a countryside school concerning its daily activities, of Mathematics Education and its links with the local context? So, data collection was obtained in a rural school in Nova Laranjeiras / PR aiming at developing this research. The school's principal stuff, teachers and students took part as participants, questionnaires and audio-video interviews were used as instruments to collect data. The categories were established based on the Content Analysis data, proposed by Bardin. In this context, this research aimed at analyzing the daily activities of a countryside school and how it is inserted in the local context. Besides, Mathematics Teaching capabilities were investigated in attending specific characteristics of the countryside education. It was observed that there was some progress on countryside education, since the school principal and teachers are getting suited to the specificities that this kind of teaching asks for. The students showed a sense of belonging to the countryside and can match the educational practices that are seen in the classroom with their everyday dynamics. So, this research shows a Mathematical Modeling at Mathematics Education perspective, as a methodological alternative that has been significant for learning mathematical contents, considering the students? reality and interests. Mathematical Modeling, whether for its applicability with real themes, its interdisciplinary trait or curriculum linearity changing, among others, is relevant for the development of research and practices that enunciates different areas of knowledge. Therefore, the practices with Modeling can be favored by the knowledge acquired in Natural Sciences and Mathematics field