MATCHING CLOTHES AND DRESSING DOLLS: IDEAS OF COMBINATORICS IN THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF AN EARLY YEARS TEACHER

Abstract

This article is a part of a PhD research that investigated the professional development of Childhood Education teachers in Mathematics Education. This is a qualitative research developed in a group consisting of a researcher and six Childhood Education and first year of Primary Education teachers who work in municipal schools in the cities of Suzano and Mogi das Cruzes, both in the state of São Paulo. The objectives of the research cited above include identifying the concepts and procedures deployed by the participating teachers to solve Combinatorics and Probability problems and didactic and pedagogical resources used to insert the Statistics Education in their classes. Data for the study were constructed from interviews with teachers, the development of activities in ten group meetings and the development and implementation of a teaching activity that contained ideas related to studies by the group. The activities presented in this study were conducted by one of the teachers of the group when dealing with ideas of Combinatorics in her 24 pupils – aged between 4 and 5 years old – Childhood Education classroom.

Keywords: Statistics education; Teacher training; Professional development; Childhood Education.