Recreational Mathematics and its Didactic and Pedagogical Potentials in the view of Mathematics Teachers in Initial Training
Recreational Mathematics. Recreational Problems. Theory of Objectification.
In this investigation, we assumed Recreational Mathematics as an object of study based on tasks such as recreational problems, games and mathematical puzzles. Under this guide, the present study seeks to explain the positions of mathematics teachers in initial training on the possibilities, advantages and disadvantages of introducing recreational mathematics in the mathematics classroom. As a theoretical basis we use the Theory of Objectification (TO), a theory of contemporary sociocultural teaching and learning, idealized by professor and mathematical researcher Luis Radford. To this end, we will introduce recreational mathematics to teachers in initial training based on the tasks proposed in Theses and Dissertations published in the area in the last 25 years (1994 to 2018). The teachers in initial training referred to will be, more specifically, the undergraduate students enrolled in the subject of Mathematics History Topics of the Mathematics Degree Course at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN/ Natal). The intervention proposed to the teachers aims to present the Recreational Mathematics in its most relevant aspects, both from the point of view of solving problems, puzzles and games, as well as the debates and pedagogical reflections based on reading the area's intellectual productions. This work is characterized by a qualitative methodological approach, such as Case Study with direct intervention by the researcher in the investigation space, from the introduction of Recreational Mathematics tasks based on the methodology of the Joint Labor and the Community Ethics of Objectification Theory (RADFORD, 2018a; 2018b). Finally, it is important to highlight that the next steps of the research will consist of the application of the tasks and analysis of the research data in the light of the Objectification Theory.