Historical Elements of Mathematics Teacher's Professional Knowledge: a study of ‘Caderno VII’ by Professor Anna Franchi (São Paulo, 1971)

Abstract

In this article, we sought to analyze the document entitled “Caderno VII”, which brings the planning of teaching in the area of mathematics to the first grades of the fundamental course - 1^st grade. This material was prepared by a team of educators from the School Group - Experimental Gymnasium “Dr. Edmundo Carvalho”, under the supervision of Professor Anna Franchi. In order to understand which processes and dynamics involved in the elaboration of the referred notebook, were constituted as a working tool by the teacher of the first school years at Experimental da Lapa, the studies of Hofstetter, Schneuwly and Freymond (2017) on expertise and expert were used as theoretical support. It was observed that the proposal for teaching the document in question – “Caderno VII” -, both for the School Group - Experimental Gymnasium and for the other schools, focuses on the idea of domination of some certain concepts, but maintains as a reference a set specific objectives. The study seems to show an objective knowledge, to teach mathematics, contributing directly to the pragmatic training of the teacher, that is, to a better walk of the teacher - which ends up reflecting in the student's learning - in the classroom.