Introducing the initial ideas of LHM with arguments in teacher training and experience in the mathematics laboratory

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present an extract from a post-doctoral internship study of the initial ideas being developed in the context of the Research Group on the Education and History of Mathematics (GPEHM) at the State University of Ceará (UECE), with regard to the structure of a conception of a History of Mathematics laboratory, known from now on as LHM, based on the work developed by the group itself, which is the locus of the investigation. At first, there is a methodological proposal from a bibliographical perspective, based on theoretical visions related to the History of Mathematics, teacher training and the mathematics laboratory. It is characterized as exploratory research based on the work developed by the GPEHM. There is also a descriptive approach to the group's work. It is basic in nature. Its approach is qualitative with a socio-historical bias. As a result, it was possible to identify that the Research Group studied used historical instruments in its studies, exploiting the didactic potential that the resources have. Another partial conclusion is that the group uses the Mathematics laboratory to integrate its educational actions, connecting with the History of Mathematics.