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Contribution of the Hermeneutic Circle of Understanding to Development of Ethical Interpretation in Mathematics Classroom

Abstract

In this paper, we propose the exploration of ethics that regulate interpretive practice in the mathematics classroom. We use the hermeneutic circle of understanding in mathematics as a method of interpretation in two independent episodes of geometric activity involving students in the first and third grades of secondary education. The evidence allows us to affirm that the dialogue centered on the use of mathematical knowledge and in the search for consent transforms and improves the ethics involved in the students’ interpretation during their mathematical activity. We conclude that the hermeneutic circle contributes in practice to the generation of democratic classroom environments and to the didactic purpose of being fair to the mathematical understanding of others.

Keywords:
Consent; Geometry; Interpretation; Justice and Democracy; Understanding in Mathematics

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