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Mathematics Exploratory Teaching Practices and the Mobilization/Development of Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching by PIBID Participants

Abstract

This article presents the results of a doctoral research that aimed at investigating the professional knowledge that is mobilized/developed by participants in the Institutional Teaching Initiation Scholarship Program (PIBID) when inserted in a formative process supported in the perspective of an exploratory teaching; and to answer the following guiding question: What practices, carried out in the formative process supported by the mathematics exploratory teaching approach, can contribute to the mobilization/development of professional knowledge? For this, a formative process was elaborated based on the perspective of professional teacher development and supported by the mathematics exploratory teaching approach, carried out with PIBID participants, specifically with mathematics graduates and basic education teachers. To achieve the objective of this work, a qualitative research of interpretive nature was carried out. As analytic parameters, we investigated aspects related to the teachers’ professional development, specifically, on the subdomains of Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (BALL; THAMES; PHELPS, 2008BALL, D. L.; THAMES, M. H.; PHELPS, G. Content knowledge for teaching: What makes it special? Journal of Teacher Education, New York, v. 59, n. 5, p. 389-407, 2008.). The conclusion is that the participants involved in the research mobilized/developed professional knowledge related to: Specialized Content Knowledge (SCK); Knowledge of Content and Students (KCS); and Knowledge of Content and Teaching (KCT). The practices that contributed to the mobilization/development of this knowledge were: choosing a challenging and interesting task for students; anticipating possible resolutions; knowing the mathematical object in detail; explaining class dynamics; using a manipulable material; monitoring task performance; selecting the resolutions to be discussed in class; sequencing them as to provide a logical chain of ideas; maintaining a harmonious atmosphere for discussing mathematical ideas; and connecting the students’ responses.

Keywords
Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching; Mathematics Exploratory Teaching; PIBID; Mathematics Teacher Training; Mathematics Education

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