Dynamics of change of mathematics education in Brazil and a scenario of current research

Mathematics education in Brazil, if we consider what one may call the scientific phase, is about 30 years old. The papers for this special issue focus mainly on this period. During these years, many trends have emerged in mathematics education to address the complex problems facing Brazilian society. However, most Brazilian mathematics educators feel that the separation of research into trends is a theoretical idealization that does not respond to the dynamics of the problems we face. We raise the conjecture that the complexity of Brazilian society, where pockets of wealth coexist with the most shocking poverty, has contributed to the adoption and generation of different strands in mathematics education, crossing the boundaries between trends. At a more micro level, we also raise the conjecture that Brazilian trends in research are interwoven because of the way that Brazilian mathematics educators have experienced the process of globalization over these 30 years. This tapestry of trends is a predominant characteristic of mathematics education in Brazil. © FIZ Karlsruhe 2009.

The Lord of the rings e a estética da finitude

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

A poética interartes na tessitura de “O Ouvido” de José Saramago

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

A dama e o unicórnio: uma leitura iconográfica

This paper embraces the tapestry, from Cluny Museum: La Dame a la Licorne. There are in two types of analyses: One is a diachronic vew and also a sincrhonic, which guide its pratice. In the tapestry La Dame a la Licorne at the Cluny Museum a reading based over the myths and symbols was the main line. \The first analyses, diachronic covers the temporality of the tapestry production, the second one, synchronic, describes the level of history, religion and myths envolved. This work consists in a process of actualization and an effort to bring closely the discussion over tapestry, using methods applied to non-verbal readings.