Educação matemática nos cursos superiores de tecnologia: revelações sobre a formação estatística

Abstract

This research aims to contribute to the comprehension of the potentialities and the settings Statistics in a learner training from Professional Education in Technological level by considering formative aspects inherent to this learning model. In a specific way, we purpose to: (1) do a documentary analysis from higher education degree in technology, the rising of these courses in Brazil, its legal aspects and curricular guidelines and its marks of Mathematics and, also, Statistics Education in the technological courses; (2) make a study about the importance of Statistics in technologist's instruction, its path over the last several decades, the rising of Statistics Education and the competences which compose its core: statistic literacy, reasoning and thinking; (3) bring forth curriculum analysis in action, by identifying information which can provide to us some hints to reconstruction of different meanings experienced in its history; (4) discuss the comprehension that is in curriculum of Professional Education in Technological level, by evaluating how the meanings that were given to Statistics in the organization and development of this curriculum. It is a qualitative research, taking into account the documentary analysis and oral interviews. The results have shown the predominant traditional focus on Statistic education process, with particularly highlighting issues to the absence of use of statistical programs in Statistic subject. The outgoing students indicated needs of changes and suggested that we must provide contextualized examples in student s areas of interest and we must appreciate the work group. This allow the active student participation to construction of knowledge, under the premise the statistic literacy, reasoning and thinking