Banca de DEFESA: LIDIANE CARLA DE MOURA

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STUDENT : LIDIANE CARLA DE MOURA
DATE: 27/08/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: IMD/CIVT - Auditório B205a
TITLE:

TEACHERS' CREATIVE LEARNING: A TRAINING PROPOSAL FOR MATHEMATICS TEACHERS IN THE EARLY YEARS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

KEY WORDS:

Creative learning; Teacher Education; Mathematics; STEAM.

PAGES: 146
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Educação
SUBÁREA: Ensino-Aprendizagem
SPECIALTY: Tecnologia Educacional
SUMMARY:

The teaching of Mathematics in Brazilian Basic Education faces significant challenges, especially in promoting the resolution of real-world problems and the development of logical-mathematical reasoning. The low performance rates highlight the need to incorporate innovative methodologies and approaches that stimulate more meaningful learning. In this context, the present research focuses on Creative Learning, understood as a powerful and transformative pedagogical approach, primarily based on Resnick's Learning Spiral (2020) — imagine, create, play, share, reflect, and imagine again. Although also inspired by the principles of the Four Ps (projects, peers, passion, and play), it is the spiral that dynamically and cyclically guides the entire formative process and the elaboration of meaningful pedagogical practices. The relevance of the study lies in its contribution to the training of teachers who teach Mathematics in the early years of elementary school, a group that often faces insecurities and difficulties in teaching this subject. The guiding question defined was: What is the contribution of Creative Learning to the training of teachers who teach Mathematics? The general objective is to analyze how this approach can contribute to more effective teacher training. The specific objectives include: i) identifying the training needs of early elementary school teachers at a municipal school; ii) developing in-service training based on teaching sequences grounded in Creative Learning; iii) evaluating the training model in teaching practice; and iv) creating a guide for the training model. The theoretical framework is based mainly on the contributions of Mitchel Resnick (2020) on Creative Learning, with an emphasis on the Learning Spiral, and on the studies by Nacarato (2010) focused on the training of teachers who teach Mathematics. The research adopts the action research methodology, favoring the collective construction of knowledge through a collaborative relationship between the researcher and the participating teachers. Embedded in a qualitative approach, it seeks a deep and contextualized understanding of teaching practices, allowing for situated interpretations of the qualitative aspects of the formative intervention. The nature of the research is applied, as it emphasizes solving practical issues and generating useful knowledge for real contexts. Its character is exploratory, aiming to deepen the understanding of teaching practices and propose new perspectives and solutions to educational challenges. For data collection, a diagnostic questionnaire will be applied to identify teachers' training needs, supporting the implementation of the training based on Creative Learning. During the research stages, video and image recordings, observations, field diary notes, and the collection of participants' productions will be carried out. The resulting educational product will be a teaching guide containing a formative model structured in teaching sequences for early elementary school teachers, with a focus on integrating Creative Learning into the teaching of Mathematics. It is hoped that the investigation will identify concrete contributions of Creative Learning to teacher training, encouraging more engaging pedagogical practices adapted to students' learning processes, while also promoting reflection and transformation in teachers' pedagogical work.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2178446 - DENNYS LEITE MAIA
Interna - 3229319 - APUENA VIEIRA GOMES
Externa à Instituição - EDNEIDE DA CONCEICAO BEZERRA
Externo à Instituição - EURIVALDA RIBEIRO DOS SANTOS SANTANA - UESC