Problem solving and teacher training: An experience in Brazilian public schools

13.10.2016, 14:00  –  Haus 28, Raum 0.108
Oberseminar Didaktik

Dr. Edna Zuffi (Universidade de São Paulo, Brasilien)

We will explore two cases of the use of problem solving as a teaching methodology in Brazilian public schools. Some aspects of the  traditional culture for the teaching and learning in our schools will be confronted with problem solving in classrooms. In addition, we will point out some changes on the students´ cognition and their motivation for the learning of Mathematics, as well as about the improvement on the teachers´ training, concerning this methodology.