O uso de softwares no ensino de geometria: uma decrição das características predominantes nas dissertações da UNESP - Rio Claro

Abstract

Changes suffered for youth by the new technologies requested a new manner of working both the reality and the way of their interaction with the world. This created the necessity of creating new approaches and methodologies for Mathematics education and, therefore, the technological revolution presents a challenge for all, which is to understand the emergence of a new culture that demands adaptations in seeing, reading, thinking and learning. As regarding to geometry, its absence or almost absence during the elementary and high school is caused by some reasons where great part has the origins in the practical and theoretical programs of our schools. This way, in this study was described the predominant characteristics of some dissertations presented into the graduate program in Mathematical education from the Julio de Mesquita State University - UNESP (Rio Claro, SP, Brazil), that used some software in the geometry teaching. It was observed that the use of software in geometry education during initial and continued formation courses, nowadays gain importance, therefore, are presented as a possible solution to the existing problems in geometry area. In addition, it is necessary that professors have conscience of their role in use computational resources and have autonomy in deciding about the questions that involve this process, mainly in the traditional studies, which are based in the orality and writing. However, the role of the schools is in supporting the adaptations of this challenger context, thus influencing a constant social transformation.