A contribuição do origami na geometria: desenvolvendo habilidades e conceitos na formação dos professores de matemática

Abstract

The present dissertation has as main objective to build origami techniques with the research subjects, to stimulate the skills that lead to the understanding of geometric concepts. The research was carried out with students of the third and fourth semester of the Mathematics Degree in Distance of Pelotas Federal University, Pole of São Lourenço do Sul - RS, with the questioning: What contributions Origami can bring to the understanding of basic geometric concepts? The research is research-action type. Data collection and analysis were done through a questionnaire with open questions, formulated and made available in Google, forms, photographs of the workshops and publications of the participants in the closed group in the social network Facebook, which was created to follow the process of the research and for interaction between researchers and researchers. The theoretical contribution was made by D'Ambrosio (1996), Armstrong (1995), Moran (1995), Pereira (2006-2017) Cosenza and Guerra (2001), Barbosa (2015), Genova (2009), Gardner (1994), Fonseca (2002), Nóvoa (1995) and Paiva (2002). Thus, greater knowledge about the Multiple Intelligence, Neuroscience and Education was acquired, as well as its relationship with the production of videos in the classroom, on Geometry and Origami teaching in the Mathematics discipline and the teacher’s formation in the level of College Education and continuing education. During the research, it was noticed that the level of relationship between students underwent positive transformations, which solidified their relationship, sharing learning and experiences, helping other colleagues; factors considered important in any student environment, thus proving that Origami is a resource, capable of involving students in their own construction of knowledge, as well as in group work. Discussion analysis and participants behavior during the accomplishment of the activities with Origami demonstrated that, the folds are an excellent methodological resource in the teaching and learning of Flat and Space Geometry contents.