Fractions: a historical study of their teaching in primary school, 1890-1960

• Grant number: 19/22379-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2020
• End date: March 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education - Specific topics in Education
• Principal Investigator: Wagner Rodrigues Valente
• Grantee: Larissa Izabelle Alves
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/15751-2 - Mathematics in teacher training and teaching: processes and dynamics of production of professional knowledge, 1890-1990, AP.TEM

Abstract

The project analyzes articles from the pedagogical press using the Thematic Project database to which the research is affiliated. Analyzing different journal articles from 1890 to 1960, the research aims to analyze the changes to the teaching of fractions in view of the mathematics linked to teacher education.