Desafios do ensino de matemática no ensino fundamental: um estudo de caso em uma escola municipal de Itainópolis

Abstract

Mathematics plays a fundamental role in the cognitive and academic development of students, being one of the most important subjects in the Elementary School curriculum. However, many students face difficulties in learning the content of the subject, point it out as difficult and commonly get low grades in the assessments, showing that the process of teaching and learning mathematics is challenging. The objective of this study is to investigate the challenges of teaching mathematics at the elementary school level of a Municipal School in Itainópolis-PI. The methodology used in this research was the case study, which showed that the biggest challenges of teaching mathematics in Itainópolis are the motivation and the methodology used by teachers to teach mathematics, in which students showed that teachers follow traditional teaching methods and that this does not attract their attention, so that it tends to result in the demotivation that was presented in the study. Challenges such as the absence of resources for more diversified teaching and socioeconomic and emotional issues of students were also highlighted, which has a negative impact on learning, students often feel anxious when studying mathematics, which hinders their process of assimilating knowledge. The need for teacher training was also identified so that they can bring active methodologies to the teaching and learning process and motivate students.