Aprendizagem e matemática na pré escola : interações e brincadeiras inspiradas em histórias infantis

Abstract

This research, entitled Mathematics Learning in Preschool: interactions and games inspired by children's stories, is linked to the Postgraduate Program in Science and Mathematics Teaching (PPGECiMa) at the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS) and was developed in the research line "Educational Foundations and Strategies in Science and Mathematics Teaching". The research was carried out at the Municipal School of Early Childhood Education Governador Synval Guazzelli, located in the city of Vacaria, RS, in a preschool class with 17 children aged between 5 and 6 years. Defending the child as an active, creative and exploratory being, believing that mathematics is present in the child's life from the beginning, the aim is to promote Mathematics Learning, based on stories, interactions and games for Early Childhood Education, to answer the following research question: "How do interactions and games contribute to the construction of mathematics learning in Early Childhood Education?". To answer this research question, studies were conducted on the trajectory of early childhood education, Jean Piaget's genetic epistemology, the potential of play in childhood, children's literature, mathematics teaching in early childhood education, and the connection between literature, mathematics, and play. Based on these studies, a pedagogical intervention was designed and implemented, consisting of twelve meetings, covering the three fields of mathematical knowledge, each aligned with a book of children's literature: the first field was spaces and shapes, the second was magnitudes and measurements, and the third was numbers and quantities. Interactions and games were promoted in all meetings. The data constructed and analyzed indicate that children make their mathematical discoveries, test and create hypotheses, construct concepts, and establish relationships with everyday life, also discovering mathematical concepts from literature and constructing themselves through interactions and games. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]