MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, LANGUAGE AND ART: THE APPRECIATION OF MATHEMATICS BY THE UNDERSTANDING OF ITS RULES

Authors

  • Marisa Rosâni Abreu da Silveira
  • Valdomiro Pinheiro Teixeira Junior

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17058/rea.v23i1.5639

Keywords:

Language, Education, Mathematics, Aesthetics

Abstract

In this paper we relate Math, language and art with the aim of showing that Mathematics Education can help students, especially those who do not like mathematics, to develop the ability to appreciate the beauty of this discipline. This ability can be awakened by stimulating the pleasure for its study, but this is only achieved when the mathematical rules are understood. Thus, teaching students to appreciate mathematics is closely linked to the action of understand it. However, we emphasize that the interpretation and production of images of a mathematical text are related to the imagination that is creative, but must be submitted to the fields of logic. For this, we are based on the philosophy of Wittgenstein to analyze the similarities and differences between mathematical creation and artistic creation; and to glimpse the aesthetics and the use of language in mathematics teaching.

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Author Biographies

Marisa Rosâni Abreu da Silveira

Doutora em Educação, Profª. Associada do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação em Ciências e Matemática/UFPA, Endereço: Rua Augusto Corrêa, nº. 1, Guamá, Belém/PA, CEP 66075110, E-mail: marisabreu@ufpa.br

Valdomiro Pinheiro Teixeira Junior

Mestre em Educação Matemática, Prof. da SEDUC/PA, Endereço: Travessa Souza Franco, nº. 1407, Agulha, Belém/PA, E-mail: jr3arq@yahoo.com.br

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Published

2015-06-16

How to Cite

Silveira, M. R. A. da, & Junior, V. P. T. (2015). MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, LANGUAGE AND ART: THE APPRECIATION OF MATHEMATICS BY THE UNDERSTANDING OF ITS RULES. Reflexão E Ação, 23(1), 204-220. https://doi.org/10.17058/rea.v23i1.5639

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2015): Educação, Linguagem e Arte

Section

Educação, Linguagem e Arte

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