Politicity of mathematics

Authors

  • Pedro Demo Universidade de Brasília

Keywords:

Mathematics. Education. Politicity.

Abstract

The text is about a reflection of the learning and politicality of mathematics. It deals with the unequal system, the deformation in educational formation, oppression and other factors. But, mathematicians do not adhere to this policy. The mathematics in its modeling is explained ontologically and epistemologically. Scientific knowledge is also constituted abstractly. The learners' brain process is formed by meanings and signifiers, real and abstract. So the educator does better in the early years because he works from real facts, while the graduate, abstractly. The politicity of mathematics is explained by the example of Galileo Galilei and the pope. This is due to the ‘organic intellectual’: “an expert who knows how to think abstractly, formally and analytically, helping to confront oppression”.

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Author Biography

Pedro Demo, Universidade de Brasília

Pós-Doutorado na University Of California At Los Angeles, UCLA, Estados Unidos. Professor Emérito da Universidade de Brasília, Departamento de Sociologia. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5514-2781

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Published

2020-08-24

How to Cite

DEMO, P. Politicity of mathematics. Revista Internacional de Pesquisa em Didática das Ciências e Matemática, [S. l.], v. 1, p. e020016, 2020. Disponível em: https://periodicoscientificos.itp.ifsp.edu.br/index.php/revin/article/view/163. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.