Inquiry-Based Mathematics Teaching: The Case of Célia

Over the last decades many perspectives on mathematics teaching have emerged in opposition to the common vision and practice of knowledge transmission. Proposals for the transformation of the school mathematics curriculum are anchored to new approaches to the possibility for students to learn mathem...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Menezes, Luís (author)
Outros Autores: Oliveira, Hélia (author), Canavarro, Ana Paula (author)
Formato: bookPart
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2015
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/2713
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipv.pt:10400.19/2713
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Resumo:Over the last decades many perspectives on mathematics teaching have emerged in opposition to the common vision and practice of knowledge transmission. Proposals for the transformation of the school mathematics curriculum are anchored to new approaches to the possibility for students to learn mathematics meaningfully. The ideas of an inquiry-based approach to teaching, in opposition to the transmission model, echo Dewey’s perspectives, where students’ activity is central to the development of the learning process.