Robótica educacional e raciocínio proporcional: Uma discussão à luz da Teoria da Relação Com o Saber

Abstract

Our research work aimed to investigate the use of Robotics in Mathematics Education as technology capable of contributing in the development of the proportional reasoning achieved by students in Elementary Years, revealing itself as a new field that traces the national panorama. Besides new technologies being implanted in schools, Robotics is a pedagogic instrument still little broadcasted in Brazil, especially in the northeast region. The experiences and investigations involving Educational Robotics in the teaching of Mathematics are scarce. Our research work involved the first years of Robotics introduction in the Mathematics Education in a public school located in Campina Grande, Paraiba. For such we elaborated a theoretical contribution based on Educational Robotics (ER), characteristics and conceptual aspects of proportional reasoning, and the Theory of Relation with Knowledge. With this, we presented a didactic proposal developed from a collaborative work with teachers and Mathematics undergraduate students who made part of a bigger project, OBEDUC/CAPES in UFMS, UEPB and UFFAL institutions. The field work was performed with 8th grade students of elementary years. For our investigation we explored the way students relate themselves with the ER activities that explores the development of proportional reasoning, considering identity, epistemic and social dimensions; and in which way these relations can mobilize the potential of learning. We analyzed the students register, our subjects, through questionnaires, essays, videos, audios and resolution activities with robots. We also observed and interviewed them. From our research results we can assert that Educational Robotics, when worked with an adequate didactic proposal, can promote the development of proportional reasoning in a broader way, providing meaningful changes in the classroom.