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The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of the Equals mathematics curriculum had any statistically significant impact on the 2012 Florida Alternate Assessment mathematics scores of students with disabilities in six Florida school districts when comparing the scores of those who received mathematics instruction via the curriculum to the scores of students with disabilities in six other Florida school districts who did not receive mathematics instruction via the curriculum. This study further examined the perceptions of and attitudes about the Equals mathematics curriculum that exist among Exceptional Student Education (ESE) teachers who teach mathematics to students with disabilities participating in the Florida Alternate Assessment (FAA). The study utilized a mixed methods approach to research that included both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The quantitative portion of the study was conducted using archival data obtained from the 2012 Florida Alternate Assessment Data Book. A Mann-Whitney U Test was conducted through SPSS at a significance level of α = .05 to test for relative differences in performance between the treatment (Equals) and control (non-Equals) groups. Based on the results, the Equals mathematics curriculum did not have any statistically significant impact on the 2012 FAA mathematics scores for students with disabilities in the treatment school districts at any of the tested grade groupings (elementary, middle, high, and overall). The qualitative method of data collection utilized an online teacher survey. The results were analyzed using the researcher-coded results and assisted through summary iv tables provided by Survey-Monkey. Differences and similarities among the survey question responses were explored. Common terms and themes were noted and compared. Data triangulation was used by surveying teachers from five of the six treatment counties. This promoted generalizability for study replication since the treatment counties train teachers and utilize the curriculum in different manners. The results of the qualitative analysis indicated that many teachers were not satisfied with the training they received and felt overwhelmed by the curriculum itself, specifically in the areas of lesson planning and delivery. Based on the quantitative and qualitative results, it was concluded that further research needs to be completed to determine the effectiveness of the Equals mathematics curriculum when used with true fidelity.

This investigation of twentieth century trends in mathematics education includes the survey of existing literature and questionnaires conducted with retired and active Texas teachers. Historical events, trends in curriculum, instruction, learning theories, and contradictions of twenty-year periods are delineated. Questionnaire responses are tabulated along the same periods and vignettes of typical classrooms are drawn from the data. Results of the survey show the impact of societal forces on mathematics curricula, a continued downward expansion of content into lower grades and expanding knowledge of learning processes. A unified mathematics curriculum, classroom-related learning theory research, and further development of team-teaching are postulated as future trends. Recommendations include further examination of trends through isolation of other variables such as region and ethnicity.

Une étude récente auprès de 302 mathématiciens canadiens révèle un écart intriguant : tandis que 43% des sondés utilisent la programmation informatique dans leur recherche, seulement 18% indiquent qu'ils emploient cette technologie dans leur enseignement (Buteau et coll., 2014). La première donnée reflète le potentiel énorme qu'a la programmation pour faire et apprendre des mathématiques. La deuxième donnée a inspiré ce mémoire : pourquoi existe-t-il un tel écart ? Pour répondre à cette question, nous avons mené une étude exploratoire qui cherche à mieux comprendre la place de la programmation dans la recherche et la formation en mathématiques au niveau universitaire. Des entrevues semi-dirigées ont été conduites avec 14 mathématiciens travaillant dans des domaines variés et à différentes universités à travers le pays. Notre analyse qualitative nous permet de décrire les façons dont ces mathématiciens construisent des programmes informatiques afin d'accomplir plusieurs tâches (p.e., simuler des phénomènes réels, faire des mathématiques « expérimentales », développer de nouveaux outils puissants). Elle nous permet également d'identifier des moments où les mathématiciens exposent leurs étudiants à certains éléments de ces pratiques en recherche. Nous notons toutefois que les étudiants sont rarement invités à concevoir et à écrire leurs propres programmes. Enfin, nos participants évoquent plusieurs contraintes institutionnelles : le curriculum, la culture départementale, les ressources humaines, les traditions en mathématiques, etc. Quelques-unes de ces contraintes, qui semblent limiter l'expérience mathématique des étudiants de premier cycle, pourraient être revues. / A recent survey of 302 Canadian mathematicians points to an intriguing gap: while 43% of the participants use computer programming in their research, only 18% indicate that they use such technology in their teaching (Buteau et al., 2014). The first statistic reflects the enormous potential that programming has for doing and learning mathematics. The second served as the inspiration for our research: why would such a gap exist? In response to this question, we put forth an exploratory study aimed at better understanding the place of programming in mathematical research and university mathematics education. Semi-directed interviews were conducted with 14 mathematicians working within various mathematical subfields at different universities across Canada. Our qualitative analysis allows us to describe the ways in which these mathematicians construct computer programs in order to accomplish several tasks (e.g., simulating real-world phenomena, doing "experimental" mathematics, developing new powerful tools). It also allows us to identify some moments where the mathematicians expose their students to certain elements of these research practices. We notice, however, that the students are rarely invited to conceptualize and write their own programs. In the end, our participants highlight several institutional constraints: the curriculum, departmental culture, human resources, the traditions in mathematics, etc. Some of these constraints, which seem to be limiting the mathematical experience of some undergraduate students, could warrant re-examination.

Esta tese tem por objetivo investigar, refletir a respeito e analisar criticamente a produção curricular oficial para o Ensino Médio no Brasil, procurando identificar e discutir significados, limites e possibilidades de um currículo de Matemática que tenha como pressuposto responder às necessidades objetivas, socioeconômicas e culturais do estudante. Por hipótese, considera inadequado o fato de o Ensino Médio ser igual para todo estudante, em especial os conteúdos curriculares para o ensino de Matemática, considerando que, ao final deste ciclo, o egresso poderá prosseguir ou não seus estudos, seja em cursos profissionalizantes ou no Ensino Superior. Para realizar esta pesquisa utilizaram-se, como suporte teórico, estudos do campo da educação e da educação matemática, em particular os que tratam da temática do currículo, além de documentos emitidos por organismos oficiais da educação, considerando-se os conceitos de reforma educacional e de currículo como artefatos históricos de construção social a partir de disputas e de relações de poder para o estabelecimento de regimes de verdades. A análise documental objetivou a obtenção de dados qualitativos referentes à formulação, implementação e comparação de currículos, com o intuito de verificar o modo de equacionamento do Ensino Médio nos países estudados Brasil, Portugal, Espanha, França, Inglaterra e Estados Unidos da América. Dentre as conclusões desta tese, destaca-se que, exceto o Brasil, todos os demais países analisados apresentam ao menos três percursos formativos diferentes, de modo a aumentar o interesse dos jovens nos estudos secundários superiores, elevar o número de concluintes e evitar a evasão escolar. Em relação ao currículo de Matemática, verifica-se uma variedade significativa de opções, e uma forte ênfase no uso de tecnologias da informação e da comunicação. / This thesis aims to investigate, reflect and analyse critically the production official curriculum for secondary education in Brazil, seeking to identify and discuss meanings, limits and possibilities of a mathematics curriculum that has as assumption to answering the student objective, socioeconomic and cultural needs. By hypothesis, considers inadequate the fact that secondary education be the same for all students, especially the mathematics curriculum, considering that at the end of this cycle, the graduate can continue his studies or not, whether in vocational courses or in upper secondary education. To conduct this research were used as support theoretical studies of the education field and the mathematics education, particularly those dealing with themes of the curriculum, as well as documents issued by official education departments, considering the concepts of educational reform and curriculum as historical social construction artifacts from disputes and power relations to the establishment of truth regimes. Document analysis aimed to obtain qualitative data regarding the formulation, implementation and comparison of curriculum, in order to determine the mode of addressing the secondary education in countries studied Brazil, Portugal, Spain, France, England and the United States of America. Among the conclusions of this thesis, it is notable that, except in Brazil, all other countries surveyed have at least three different pathways in order to increase in young people interest in upper secondary education, increase the number of graduates and preventing circumvention school. In relation to the mathematics curriculum, there is a significant variety of options, and a strong emphasis on using information technology and communication.

La réforme curriculaire que le Burundi a initié dans l’enseignement de base et secondaire, appelle des pratiques auxquelles certains enseignants n’ont pas initialement été formés. Dans notre étude, nous nous intéressons à l’enseignement des mathématiques au 4ème cycle de l’École Fondamentale. Pour aider les enseignants ayant une diversité de profil de formation initiale à la mise en œuvre de ce changement curriculaire, des formations continues obligatoires sont organisées pendant les vacances scolaires. Notre objectif est d’explorer la manière dont les enseignants mobilisent leurs connaissances pour mettre en œuvre le curriculum de mathématiques prévu, et d’analyser les besoins liés à leurs pratiques afin de contribuer à l’amélioration de la professionnalisation de la formation initiale et continue des enseignants prestant audit cycle. Les résultats obtenus en effectuant une analyse de contenu qualitative des données issues des entretiens conduits auprès de 20 enseignants et untraitement statistique avec le logiciel SPSS des données issues du questionnaire écrit, adressé à 105 enseignants, sont concordants. Les enseignants ont tendance à suivre les prescriptions du curriculum consignées dans le guide de l’enseignant jugé bien construit mais qui n’est pas de nature à favoriser le travail réflexif des enseignants. Ceux ayant été formés à l’enseignement des mathématiques s’appuient notamment sur des connaissances didactiques et pédagogiques acquises en formation initiale alors que les autres exploitent leur expérience dans l’enseignement. Les formations continues organisées nesemblent pas rencontrer les attentes des enseignants au regard de leur durée courte, des contenus n’ayant pas spécifiquement trait aux mathématiques et des formateurs disciplinairement incompétents.Pour améliorer la professionnalisation des formations, il faudrait que les institutions de formationinitiale des enseignants se réfèrent aux compétences disciplinaires, didactiques et pédagogiquesnécessaires à la mise en œuvre du curriculum d’enseignement actuel. Une réflexion doit être engagéeautour des connaissances professionnelles devant faire l’objet d’une formation initiale et sur lamanière de les enseigner. Les formations continues dont la durée serait allongée, devraient porter surles contenus et les pratiques spécifiques prévues dans le curriculum, et assurées par des formateurschoisis pour leurs compétences. / The curriculum reform that Burundi has initiated in basic and secondary schools calls for teaching practices to which some teachers were not initially trained. In our study, we are interested in teaching mathematics in the 4th cycle of the fundamental school. To help teachers caracterized by a variety of initial training profiles to implement this curriculum change, in-service teacher training for all teachers is provided during the school holidays. Our goal is to explore how teachers are using theirknowledge to implement the expected mathematics curriculum, and to analyze the needs related to their practices in order to improve the professionalization of initial and continuing education of teachers who teach in that cycle. The results obtained by performing a qualitative content analysis of data from the interviews conducted with 20 teachers and a statistical treatment with the SPSS software of data from the written questionnaire, sent to 105 teachers, are consistent. Teachers tend to follow thecurriculum prescriptions in the teacher's guide, which is considered as well constructed but is not likely to favor the reflexive work of teachers. Teachers who have been trained in mathematics teaching, rely on didactic and pedagogical knowledge acquired in initial training while the others exploit their experience in teaching. Continuing training do not match the expectations of teachers because of the short duration, the non-mathematical content and the disciplinary incompetence of the trainers. In order to improve the professionalization of training courses, initial teacher training institutions should refer to the subject-specific teaching, teaching and teaching skills needed to implement the current teaching curriculum. A reflection must be undertaken on the professional knowledge that should be the subject of initial training and on how to teach it. Continuing education should be organized on the basis of a prior analysis of the real needs of teachers. These continuing education and training which should be longer than usual should focus on the specific content and practices provided for in the curriculum, and provided by trainers chosen for their skills.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:31:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Antonella Bianchi Ferreira Ishii.pdf: 1595090 bytes, checksum: dd82a651da41c2b4e80aae6c599274d7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-22 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This study focuses on the introduction of a prescribed curriculum in municipal schools in the city of São Paulo. As for the curriculum component, the choice was mathematics of the second stage of schooling (6th-9th grades). This investigation was guided by the following question: to what extent the Curriculum Guidelines and Proposition of Learning Expectations of Mathematics for 6th-9th grades contribute to the ongoing training of mathematics teachers? In order to answer this question I have chosen one high school in the municipal city of São Paulo as a field of research. This choice allowed me to examine the impacts of Curriculum Guidelines, the Proposition of Learning Expectations and also the introduction of other intermediary curriculum created with the aim to contribute to a full implementation of the learning expectations envisaged in the Curriculum of São Paulo. The research is based on a qualitative approach. Interviews were carried out with educators from the technical area of São Paulo municipality as well as with teachers who worked at the school researched and used the Curriculum Guidelines. This approach also allowed the constitution of a focus group with mathematics teachers from the said school, which allowed the identification of feelings and representations around the use of the document "Curriculum Guidelines and Propositions of Learning Expectations for Mathematics for 6th to 9th grades‖ The testimony of collaborators highlights the role of continuing education not only as a way of getting updated, but also as means of filling the gaps inherited from the initial training of most teachers of the municipal teaching network / Essa pesquisa tem como foco de estudo a introdução de um currículo prescrito na rede municipal de ensino da cidade de São Paulo. Quanto ao componente curricular, a opção foi por Matemática da segunda etapa do Ensino Fundamental. Essa investigação foi norteada pela seguinte questão: em que medida as Orientações Curriculares e a Proposição de expectativas de aprendizagem do ensino fundamental do ciclo II de Matemática contribuem para formação continuada dos professores de Matemática? Para responder a essa questão, uma escola de ensino fundamental da rede municipal da cidade de São Paulo foi escolhida como campo de investigação. Essa escolha possibilitou-me averiguar os impactos causados pelas Orientações curriculares, a proposição de expectativas de aprendizagem e também a introdução de outros mediadores de currículo criados com o intuito de contribuir para uma plena implementação das expectativas de aprendizagem previstas na proposta curricular do município de São Paulo. A pesquisa utiliza uma abordagem qualitativa baseada em entrevistas realizadas com educadores da área técnica do município de São Paulo e também com professoras e professores que lecionavam na escola pesquisada e utilizavam as Orientações Curriculares. Essa abordagem permitiu também a formação de um grupo focal com os docentes que lecionam Matemática na escola pesquisada, o que possibilitou a identificação dos sentimentos e representações em torno da utilização do documento ―Orientações curriculares e proposição de expectativas de aprendizagem do ensino fundamental para o ciclo II de Matemática na sala de aula.‖ O papel da formação continuada emerge dos depoimentos dos colaboradores não apenas como mecanismo de atualização, mas também como supridora das lacunas herdadas da formação inicial de boa parte dos docentes da rede

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:57:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Wadames Procopio.pdf: 6308934 bytes, checksum: 657d0792a63fb7dc0bd7b19b8b5e2892 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-11-20 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research presents the analysis of the learning situations in Geometryas investigation perspective and shows a proposal to articulate the situations of learning found in the Mathematics Teacher s Notebook for the 4º two months period of the first grade of the secondary school, published by the Educational State Secretary from the State of São Paulo (2009). The hypothesis of investigation which has guided this survey is that the use of computational technology, with the aid of the software of Dynamic Geometry GeoGebra, could encourage the proposal of articulating the learning situations present in the Mathematics Teacher s Notebook of the Educational State Secretary from the State of São Paulo (2009) in a simple and significant way. The question of research in this paper is: In which way it is possible to create a dynamic approach with the software GeoGebra for the Secondary School content of Plain Geometry based on the State of São Paulo s curriculum? This paper has been elaborated following the methodological orientations of Bardin (1977), about the Analysis of Content, which consists in treat the information by the specific plain of analysis: pre- analysis, exploitation of the material, treatment of the results, inferences and interpretations. The official documents which compose this survey are the PCN+ (2002), the OCEM (2006), the curriculum of the State of São Paulo (2010) and the Mathematics Teacher s Notebook of the State of São Paulo (2009). The surveys of Miskulin (1999), Baldini (2004), Bagé (2008), Rosa (2009) and Silva (2010) which have used Dynamic Geometry software in their surveys for the understanding of the process of learning Geometry compose the bibliography of this survey. This paper has appropriated the theoretic considerations of Kenski (2003, 2007), which highlight a new rythim that the new technology gives to Education, in addition to Borba and Penteado (2007) that highlight educative software in mathematics. This paper has aimed to follow the indications of Mathematics Curriculum of the State of São Paulo (2010) in the treatment of the fundamental ideas (proportionality, equivalency, order, approximation) to the development of contents/themes with the preoccupation of not digressing from the focus of the subject and mainly to show the applicability of GeoGebra. At the end of this paper it has been observed that it is possible to articulate the learning situations with the use of the GeoGebra software in a simple and significant way / Esta pesquisa tem como perspectiva de investigação, analisar as Situações de Aprendizagem de Geometria e apresentar uma proposta para articular as Situações de Aprendizagem encontradas no Caderno do Professor de Matemática do 4º bimestre da primeira série do Ensino Médio, publicado pela Secretaria Estadual de Educação do Estado de São Paulo (2009). A hipótese de investigação que protagonizou esta pesquisa foi a de que o uso da tecnologia computacional, com o auxílio do software de Geometria Dinâmica GeoGebra, poderá favorecer a proposta de articulação das Situações de Aprendizagem presentes no Caderno do Professor de Matemática do Estado de São Paulo (2009), de forma simples e significativa. Tem-se como questão de pesquisa: De que maneira é possível criar uma abordagem dinâmica, com o software GeoGebra para o conteúdo de Geometria Plana do Ensino Médio, com base no Currículo do Estado de São Paulo? Este trabalho de pesquisa foi elaborado seguindo as orientações metodológicas de Bardin (1977), sobre a Análise de Conteúdo, que consiste em tratar a informação por meio de um plano específico de análise: Pré-análise, Exploração do material, Tratamento dos resultados, inferências e interpretações. Os Documentos oficiais que compõem esta pesquisa são os PCN+ (2002), as OCEM (2006), o Currículo do Estado de São Paulo (2010) e os Cadernos do Professor de Matemática do Estado de São Paulo (2009). As pesquisas de Miskulin (1999), Baldini (2004), Bagé (2008), Rosa (2009) e Silva (2010) que utilizaram em suas pesquisas softwares de Geometria Dinâmica para o enriquecimento do processo de ensino aprendizagem da Geometria, compõem parte da bibliografia desta pesquisa. Este trabalho se apropriou das considerações teóricas de Kenski (2003, 2007) que destacam um novo ritmo que a tecnologia imprime à educação, além de Borba e Penteado (2007) que ressaltam a informática educativa na matemática. Esta pesquisa procurou seguir as indicações do Currículo de Matemática da rede estadual de São Paulo (2010) no trato das ideias fundamentais (proporcionalidade, equivalência, ordem, aproximação) para desenvolvimento dos conteúdos/ temas, com a preocupação de não desviar o foco do assunto, e principalmente mostrar a aplicabilidade do GeoGebra. Ao final deste trabalho observou-se que é possível articular as Situações de Aprendizagem com o uso do software GeoGebra de forma simples e significativa

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:57:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gilberto Januario.pdf: 1109303 bytes, checksum: fd0a4b0af5e0839ea78aad15cc9f952e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-04-27 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Our study investigates Mathematics Curriculum prescribed for Youth and Adult Education. We selected the Proposed Curriculum for the EJA, second segment of the Elementary School, as an example of curriculum prescribed by electing Volume I (Introduction) and Volume 3 (Mathematics) to answer the questions: What characteristics are presented in the Proposed Curriculum for the Education of Young and Adults that allow the approach of the formal culture of the informal culture of mathematics? What characteristics enculturators this curriculum? What criteria have on the organization of content? What options have the choice of contexts? We develop a qualitative research approach, type documentary analysis. The theoretical framework of this study refers to authors such as Pacheco and Sacristán the resumption of episodes, appearance, development and multiplicity of meanings attributed to the term curriculum; also work on the mathematics curriculum, the cultural perspective of mathematics and curriculum enculturator, with reference to theoretical Bishop and D Ambrosio; and studies Pires and Skovsmose about the curriculum and criteria for the choice of the contexts of mathematics learning environments. Analysis of the Proposed Curriculum for the EJA, guided by categories that emerged from theoretical frameworks, there are explicit recommendations for and potentially promoting the alignment of formal culture of informal culture of mathematics, through suggestions and guidelines such as those that consider the knowledge acquired from social relations of youth and adults as a starting point for learning, that content is proposed to promote a network of relations and knowledge of other areas, enabling a plurality of meanings of the concepts and activities, which emphasize to work with projects and investigations for the student to solve the mathematical ideas; the contents emphasize different applications of mathematics and to prepare the student to build increasingly complex ideas, from simple situations, the learning environments are designed in paradigms and research exercises, there is balance between the environment, and between exercises and research and are used different coping strategies, and encouraging young adults to clarify, by means of different records, such as mobilizing their knowledge and with the teacher asmediates the action of learning / Nosso estudo investiga currículo de Matemática prescrito para a Educação de Jovens e Adultos. Selecionamos a Proposta Curricular para a EJA, segundo segmento do Ensino Fundamental, como exemplar de currículo prescrito, elegendo o Volume I (Introdução) e Volume 3 (Matemática) para responder às questões: Que características são apresentadas na Proposta Curricular para a Educação de Jovens e Adultos que possibilitam a aproximação da cultura formal da cultura informal da Matemática? Que características enculturadoras têm esse currículo? Que critérios apresentam em relação à organização dos conteúdos? Que opções apresentam para a escolha de contextos? Desenvolvemos uma pesquisa na abordagem qualitativa, do tipo análise documental. O referencial teórico deste estudo reporta-se a autores como Pacheco e Sacristán na retomada de episódios do aparecimento e desenvolvimento e multiplicidade de significados atribuídos ao termo Currículo; também de trabalhos acerca do Currículo de Matemática, da perspectiva cultural da Matemática e do currículo enculturador, tendo como referência teórica Bishop e D Ambrosio; e estudos de Pires e Skovsmose a respeito da organização curricular e de critérios para a escolha dos contextos de ambientes de aprendizagem matemática. A análise da Proposta Curricular para a EJA, norteada por categorias que emergiram dos referenciais teóricos, explicitou haver recomendações favoráveis e potencialmente promotoras da aproximação da cultura formal da cultura informal da Matemática, por meio de sugestões e orientações como as que consideram os conhecimentos advindos das relações sociais de jovens e adultos como ponto de partida para a aprendizagem; que os conteúdos sejam propostos de modo a promover uma rede de relações entre si e saberes de outras áreas, possibilitando uma pluralidade de significados dos conceitos e das atividades; que se dê ênfase ao trabalho com projetos e investigações para que o aluno possa desvendar as ideias matemáticas; que os conteúdos enfatizem diferentes aplicações da Matemática e que preparem o aluno para construírem ideias cada vez mais complexas, partindo de situações simples; que os ambientes de aprendizagem sejam concebidos nos paradigmas de exercícios e investigação, havendo equilíbrio entre os ambientes, e entre exercícios e investigação; e que sejam utilizadas diferentes estratégias de resolução, incentivando o jovem e o adulto a explicitar, por meio de diferentes registros, como mobiliza seus saberes e tendo o professor como mediador da ação de aprendizagem

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:57:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Katia Cristina Lima Santana.pdf: 3631388 bytes, checksum: 2b590002c0f83c9e076a95b99dca0ece (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-05-18 / This research aims at analysing the Mathematics curriculum presented to the Youth and Adult Education, under the perspective of the enculturator curriculum proposed by Bishop (1999). It will be guided by the leading-question: the contents addressed in Mathematics books for Youth and Adult Education, methodologies, organization and contexts lead to the mathematics enculturation processes? In order to answer, the question has been unfolded into: (1) the elements presented in the activities on textbooks provide mathematics enculturation? (2) How is the content organization presented? (3) What options the activities show in relation to the choice of contents? This is a qualitative research, document analysis type, in which two Mathematics textbooks collections were analysed, being approved by the PNLD-EJA. The theoretical foundations of the study are Alan Bishop s ideas concerning Mathematics as a cultural phenomenon and the enculturator curriculum; Célia Pires essays on curricular organization and Ole Skovsmose works with regards to the criteria for the choice of environmental contexts for mathematics learning will also be used. Through the analysis of the textbooks, based on the categories chosen from the theoretical reference, it is concluded that textbooks for the Youth and Adult Education present, in some of its approaches and activities, elements that support mathematics enculturation. Moreover, we came to the conclusion that the Mathematics curriculum, in all its dimensions, including and, especially, when it comes to the curriculum presented and practiced in the classroom, must provide a constructive environment of mathematics acquirements, in which addressed contents are rich in contexts that represent the mathematics culture; accessible to the student; formalize the concepts appropriately to the construction of knowledge; evidence the explanatory power of Mathematics; concepts which are built from meaningful activities and based on the student s reality; use a wide range of methodologies; and, lastly, which are arranged in order to overcome the traditional linear organization / Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar o currículo de Matemática apresentado para a Educação de Jovens e Adultos, sob a perspectiva do currículo enculturador proposto por Bishop (1999). Pauta-se pela questão-diretriz: os conteúdos abordados em livros de Matemática para a EJA, as metodologias, organização e contextos propiciam o processo de enculturação matemática? Para sua resposta, nós a desdobramos em outras questões: (1) os elementos que são apresentados nas atividades dos livros didáticos, propiciam a enculturação matemática? (2) como é apresentada a organização dos conteúdos? (3) que opções as atividades apresentam em relação à escolha de contextos? Trata-se de pesquisa qualitativa, do tipo análise documental, em que foram analisadas duas coleções de livros didáticos de Matemática da EJA, aprovadas pelo PNLD-EJA. Os fundamentos teóricos do estudo são as ideias de Alan Bishop acerca da Matemática como fenômeno cultural e o currículo enculturador; usaremos, também, trabalhos de Célia Pires sobre a organização curricular e de Ole Skovsmose no que se refere a critérios para a escolha de contextos de ambientes de aprendizagem matemática. Mediante a análise dos livros didáticos, com base nas categorias que elegemos a partir dos referenciais teóricos, concluímos que os livros didáticos destinados à Educação de Jovens e Adultos, apresentam em algumas de suas abordagens e atividades, elementos que favorecem a enculturação matemática. Concluímos, também, ser preciso que o currículo de Matemática, em todas as suas dimensões, inclusive e em especial na dimensão do currículo apresentado e praticado na sala de aula, deva proporcionar a esses estudantes um ambiente de construção de conhecimentos matemáticos, em que os conteúdos abordados sejam ricos em contextos que representem a cultura matemática; que seja acessível ao aluno; que formalize os conceitos de forma apropriada à construção do conhecimento; que evidencie o poder explicativo da Matemática; que os conceitos sejam construídos a partir de atividades significativas e baseadas no entorno do aluno; que utilizem diferentes metodologias; e, por fim, que sejam organizados de modo a superar a tradicional organização linear