The Shadow of the Rainbow: a historical/mythocritical study of Malba Tahans pedagogical discourse. / A sombra do arco-íris: um estudo histórico/mitocrítico do discurso pedagógico de Malba Tahan.
AUTOR(ES)
Cristiane Coppe de Oliveira
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2008
RESUMO
Our research is aimed at discussing Durands Theory of the Imaginary World (1996) as a theoretical-methodological proposal for Mathematical Education, in a cross-curricular perspective, according to D´Ambrosio and Vergani. This proposal comes alive through Mythocriticism, in an attempt to unveal teacher Júlio César de Mello e Souza, or Malba Tahans main personal myths. This search or myth hunt involves a mythical analysis of Malba Tahans pedagogial discourse in Al-Karismi magazine and in his works The Man Who Calculated and Didactics of Mathematics. Parallelly, the topic proposed for this paper - The Shadow of the Rainbow: a historical-mythocritical study of Malba Tahans pedagogical discourse - retraces the authors life story by means of a bibliographical-documental, mythical and mathematical analysis of the works referred to and studied at the Malba Tahan Institute. They define mathematics teacher Júlio César de Mello e Souzas main personal myths and trace his route in the Night Image Mode with a synthetic micro-universe. This way, the investigation unveals the main myths as a key strand in Malba Tahans pedagogical discourse and personal route - like the rare phenomenon of the Shadow of the Rainbow - and paves the way for new research topics in Mathematical Education, whenever it involves trends in Etnomathematics and Mathematical Education.
ASSUNTO(S)
malba tahan discurso pedagógico transdisciplinaridade imaginary world etnomatemática mitocrítica crosscurricularity imaginário mythocriticism malba tahan pedagogical discourse
