Teaching Role of the Researcher in Educational Mathematics: an Example in a Postgraduate Course for Teachers of Higher Level

Abstract

We introduce a working methodology according to Ochoviet and Oktaç (2011), which recovers the teaching role of the researcher in educational mathematics, trying to establish links between research and teaching practices. In particular, we developed an activity which purpose was to provide mathematics teachers, taking a postgraduate course, with some results of a research study conducted in Uruguay and reflect on their articulation with classroom practices. The experiment was carried out and the productions of the teachers involved allowed us to appreciate an understanding of the contributions of the research around which the activity was centered, which was evidenced through the reformulation of a previously taught class according to the theoretical framework presented.

Keywords:
Researchers Teaching Role; Relationship between Research and Teaching Practices; Teacher Training; Tertiary Level