The brazilian teaching of Algebra according to the journal “A Escola Primaria” (1917-1928)

• Autor(a) principal: Rodriguês, Jeremias Stein
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Godoi, Anieli Joana de, Costa, David Antonio da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Linhas (Florianópolis. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.periodicos.udesc.br/index.php/linhas/article/view/17572
• topic: estado do conhecimento; ensino de álgebra; circulação de ideias; história da educação matemática; state of knowledge; algebra teaching; circulation of ideas; history of mathematics education

Discussions about the teaching of Algebra gain great relevance in the beginning of the XXth century due to debates and proposals of insertion of such subjects in the curriculum of the elementary school. In this text an attempt was made to comprehend the speeches about the teachings of Algebra circulated in Brazil through the periodic “A Escola Primária” in the beginning of the XXth century as well as reconstruct the knowledge disseminated by the journal, in order to best conceive the process of insertion of Algebra in the country’s elementary school. For this, it is proposed a methodology in the historical study, taking as a base the History of mathematics education, together with a State of Knowledge. The analysis of articles points that some authors spread through Brazil a movement for the constitution of Algebra for the elementary school. This Algebra would have as primary focus to present the process of generalization and facilitate the resolution of Arithmetic problems that, without this algebraic knowledge, would need extensive and tiring arguments, making its presence in education a criticized matter.