A MATEMÁTICA COMO POÉTICA DA JUSTIÇA: reflexões sobre ética e equidade no ensino matemático
A MATEMÁTICA COMO POÉTICA DA JUSTIÇA: reflexões sobre ética e equidade no ensino matemático
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.368172509064
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Palavras-chave: Ensino da Matemática, Justiça Social, Epistemologia, Etnomatemática
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Keywords: Mathematics Teaching, Social Justice, Epistemology, Ethnomathematics
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Abstract: ABSTRACT The article questions the supposed neutrality of mathematics, arguing that its teaching is a political construct that can reinforce social inequalities. Drawing on theorists such as Freire (2023) , Foucault (2023) , and D'Ambrosio (2022) , among others, the text analyzes how curricular selection legitimizes Eurocentric knowledge and marginalizes other epistemologies, such as the ethnomathematics of indigenous and African cultures. This approach transforms mathematics into a tool of exclusion when taught in a rigid and decontextualized way , or into an instrument of emancipation when applied to a critical pedagogy. The article proposes that mathematics be taught in a dialogical way , connected to the students' reality , and open to a plurality of knowledge. The final objective is to reconfigure mathematics education as an act of social justice , making it a tool for intellectual liberation and critical understanding of the world, instead of an exclusionary barrier. Keywords: Mathematics Teaching, Social Justice, Epistemology, Ethnomathematics.
- Raimundo Santos de Castro