Álgebra do ensino superior versus da escola básica: uma visão dos acadêmicos da Licenciatura em Matemática

Abstract

This work is a qualitative case study which aims to research the relevance of the contents of the disciplines that address rings and groups in the pre-service teacher course in Mathematics of the Federal University of Santa Maria. It aims to view the opinions of the undergraduate students. The reason for such research is due to the high rate of failure in these disciplines, even though changes have been made over the years. To attain the objective, a survey of researches was conducted in the Catalog of Theses and Dissertations and in the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, and analyzed the menus of these disciplines, available on the institution’s menu portal. From the survey and analysis, a questionnaire was elaborated, to be applied to students, and analyzed through the Content Analysis Theory. Thus, it was possible to observe that most of the subjects consider abstract algebra important for the achievement of their degree, and can see relations with the content of Basic Educatio. However, they question the way the discipline approaches the content, because when enrolled in the discipline few had contact with this relationship.