"Quem sou eu se não o que os outros apresentam a mim"? Investigações sobre as representações sociais do tutor referentes ao ensino de geometria do curso Normal Superior de Educação a Distância

Abstract

This research investigated what are the social representations that the Tutor of Distance Education has for the teaching of geometry in the Normal Course at Maringá State University. The hypothesis is that the Social Representation of the Tutor has in relation to the subject and geometry may influence their behavior, their actions and consequently the process of teaching and learning. The research was carried out with 20 mathematics tutors from Maringá State University, the poles of Cianorte, Cidade Gaucha, Diamante do Norte, Goioerê, Paranavaí, Sarandi, from December 2008 to March 2009, after the end of the mathematics module. We applied na interview questionnaire for data collection. The answers were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed using the methodology of the Collective Subject Discourse and the software qualiquantiSoft, 1º edition, 2004. the survey results indicate several point about what are the social representations that the Distance Education Course tutor has in the field of Geometry and the analysis of these representations indicate important facts to be considered.