This paper is from Session 9A: Statistics teaching in South America
which comes under Topic 9: An international perspective on Statistics education Full topic list
(Tuesday 4th, 16:00-18:00)
Teaching Statistics in Brazil
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Abstract
Statistics in Brazil has slowly been regaining its prestige, both in educational and academic scope, because of its importance in the scientific and ethical formation of the citizen and its growing applications in a society with increasing levels of knowledge. This is evidenced by the guidelines contained in the Brazilian National Curricular Parameters for elementary and secondary education, which includes, for the first time, statistics teaching from childhood. However, the teachers who are pedagogues and undergraduates in Mathematics (responsible for this job) have not been prepared for this challenge. This paper analyzes the present state of research in Statistics teaching in Brazil, by focusing on elementary and secondary education and the training of teachers. We conclude that it is necessary to rethink the training of Mathematics teachers in elementary and secondary schools, to consolidate the research groups, and to make it possible to socialize all the knowledge gained at school in order to reach a higher level of statistical literacy.
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