Abstract
This article discusses the obstacles and difficulties pointed out by recently graduated teachers from Mathematics teaching majors. These professionals have studied Mathematical Modelling in the perspective of Mathematics Education during their graduation courses. The methodological approach used for data understanding was the Textual Analysis Discourse. Data was obtained from a questionnaire answered by 26 teachers who had been teaching Elementary Education students in Paraná State. This data has been analyzed based on four categories, which have shown that Mathematical Modelling has its own characteristics, then suggesting weaknesses to its development in Elementary Education classrooms. This weakness seems to be associated to at least three features: (i) the personal-emotional aspect; (ii) the professional competence aspect; and (iii) the institutional aspect. All these features are directly interlinked to the demand of changes in traditional pedagogical practice.
Keywords:
Mathematics Education; Mathematical Modelling in Elementary Education; Obstacles and Resistance