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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Uma visita ao universo matemático de Lewis Carrol e o (re)encontro com sua lógica do nonsense

Abstract

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Notable mathematics teacher, Lewis Carroll, pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), made the mixture of mathematics with literature a ludic environment for learning that discipline. Author of Alice s Adventures In Wonderland and its sequel Alice Through The Looking Glass, he eventually created a real and complex universe which uses what we call the logic of the nonsense as an element to motivate the development of mathematical thinking of the reader, taking it as well, learn by establishing a link between the concrete (mathematics) and the imaginary (their universe). In order to investigate and discuss the educational potential of their works and state some elements that can contribute to a decentralized math education from the traditional method of following the models and decorate formulas, we visited his works based on the studies of archeology of knowledge (FOUCAULT, 2007), the rational thought and symbolic thinking (VERGANI, 2003) and about the importance of stories and narratives to the development of human cognition (FARIAS, 2006). Through a descriptive, analytical study, we used the literary construction and presented part of our study in form of a mathematical novel, to give the mathematical school a particular charm, without depriving it of its basics properties as discipline and content. Our study showed how the works of Carroll have a strong didactic element that can deploy in various activities of study and teaching for mathematics classes

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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Year dc:date.issued
2007

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Teixeira, Rafael Montoito
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Mendes, Iran Abreu

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  • Acesso Aberto
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por

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https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/14189
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Teixeira, Rafael Montoito. Uma visita ao universo matemático de Lewis Carrol e o (re)encontro com sua lógica do nonsense. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2007. https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/14189