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Division är ett av de fyra räknesätten som grundskolans undervisning ska behandla. Forskning indikerar dock att räknesättet eventuellt åsidosatts (Hurts & Linsell, 2020; Robinsson & Dubé, 2009a). Att elever utvecklar en grundlig förståelse för division är av vikt för att klara såväl skolgången som arbets- och vardagslivet. Därför är det viktigt att läromedlen som används i skolan håller god kvalitet, då forskning visar att undervisningen ofta utgår från tillgängliga läromedel. Syftet med studien är att granska och jämföra hur division framställs i matematikläromedel för årskurs 4–6. Forskning har visat två komponenter som är särskilt betydelsefulla för elever i syfte att förstå divisionens struktur. Dessa komponenter är att undervisningen bör lyfta flera aspekter av division samt metoder för beräkning. Metoden innehållsanalys har använts för att analysera hur fördelningen mellan räknesätten ser ut i matematikläromedel. Innehållsanalys har även använts för att analysera hur matematikläromedlen presenterar division utifrån ett begränsat antal aspekter. Resultatet visade att division gavs ett ungefär lika stort utrymme som de andra räknesätten och att flertalet intressanta aspekter av division lyfts fram i de olika läromedlen. I diskussionen lyfts likheter och skillnader mellan läromedlen fram och vilka implikationer dessa ger kopplat till tidigare forskning. / Division is one of the arithmetic operations that pupils are supposed to learn in elementary school and studies indicate that division might not get the same amount of attention in teaching (Hurts & Linsell, 2020; Robinsson & Dubé, 2009a). It is important that pupils develop a thorough understanding of division to manage both school, work and everyday life. With this in mind it is important that the textbooks used in mathematics are of good quality, since research indicate that teaching usually is based upon the textbooks accessible. This study aims to examine and compare how division is presented in textbooks used when teaching mathematics. Research has shown two components that are valuable for pupils in order to understand the structure of division. These are to highlight different aspects of division as well as methods for calculation. The method content analysis has been used in order to analyze how the space between the four arithmetic operations are dispensed in textbooks. Textbook analysis has also been used in order to analyze how textbooks present division, from a limited number of aspects. The result show that the ratio that division is given is similar to the space of the others. The result also shows that some interesting aspects of division are highlighted in in all textbooks. In the discussion similarities and differences between the textbooks are discussed, and what these implicate in relation to former research.

The study describes and evaluates how Grade 7 teachers in the Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe used the Step in New Primary Mathematics Grade 7 textbooks in their teaching, and the impact it had on mathematics teaching and learning. The purpose of the study was to investigate how the teachers used the mathematics textbooks and to suggest areas of improvement. These textbooks were distributed to all the primary schools in Zimbabwe in 2010, under the donor-driven Education Transition Fund. This curriculum initiative sought to address the severe textbook shortage and to improve the performance of the learners. The study examined the ways the teachers interacted with and mediated the textbooks in mathematics lessons, what material they used or did not use from the textbook, how they used it, and why they used it in the specific ways. In order to achieve this objective, an empirical study of a sample of grade 7 teachers in the province was undertaken. Social constructivism was the main theory that guided the study. Stratified purposeful sampling was employed to select three out of eight districts in the province, and to select eighteen schools from the three districts for participation in the study. Each district contributed the same number of questionnaire respondents (n=30) and interview respondents (n=2). A mixed methods design, which combined a questionnaire, a semi-structured interview and non-participant lesson observation, was adopted. The results indicated that the use of these textbooks raised the teachers’ and learners’ motivation, created some opportunities for teacher learning, and improved the learners’ performance in mathematics. However, the teachers’ low confidence levels in teaching some topics, the absence of regular staff development programmes, and also textual errors had a negative effect on how the textbooks were used. The teachers did not cover all the textbook content, neither did they demonstrate or encourage the learners to use alternative strategies to solve the problems in the textbooks. A number of teachers showed resistance to the use of these textbooks. This study provided evidence that points to an urgent need for the improved quality of mathematics textbooks, as well as an improvement in the teachers’ competencies, namely by placing greater emphasis on the use of textbooks in pre-service and in-service teacher training programmes. Based on the results of the study, a framework for teachers’ effective resource utilization is proposed. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)

Students only learn what they get the opportunity to learn. This means, for example, that students do not develop their reasoning- and problem solving competence unless teaching especially focuses on developing these competencies. Despite the fact that it has for the last 20 years been pointed out the need for a reform-oriented mathematics education, research still shows that in Sweden, as well as internationally, an over-emphasis are placed on rote learning and procedures, at the cost of promoting conceptual understanding. Mathematical understanding can be separated into procedural and conceptual understanding, where conceptual understanding can be connected to a reform oriented mathematics education. By developing a reasoning competence conceptual understanding can also be developed. This thesis, which deals with students’ opportunities to learn to reason mathematically, includes three studies (with data from Swedish upper secondary school, year ten and mathematics textbooks from twelve countries). These opportunities have been studied based on a textbook analysis and by studying students' work with textbook tasks during normal classroom work. Students’ opportunities to learn to reason mathematically have also been studied by examining the relationship between students' reasoning and their beliefs. An analytical framework (Lithner, 2008) has been used to categorise and analyse reasoning used in solving tasks and required to solve tasks. Results support previous research in that teaching and mathematics textbooks are not necessarily in harmony with reform-oriented mathematics teaching. And that students indicated beliefs of insecurity, personal- and subject expectations as well as intrinsic- and extrinsic motivation connects to not using mathematical reasoning when solving non-routine tasks. Most commonly students used other strategies than mathematical reasoning when solving textbook tasks. One common way to solve tasks was to be guided, in particular by another student. The results also showed that the students primarily worked with the simpler tasks in the textbook. These simpler tasks required mathematical reasoning more rarely than the more difficult tasks. The results also showed a negative relationship between a belief of insecurity and the use of mathematical reasoning. Furthermore, the results show that the distributions of tasks that require mathematical reasoning are relatively similar in the examined textbooks across five continents. Based on the results it is argued for a teaching based on sociomathematical norms that leads to an inquiry based teaching and textbooks that are more in harmony with a reform-oriented mathematics education. / Elever kan bara lära sig de det de får möjlighet att lära sig. Detta innebär till exempel att elever inte utvecklar sin resonemangs- och problemlösningsförmåga i någon större utsträckning om inte deras undervisning fokuserar på just dessa förmågor. Forskning, nationellt och internationellt visar att det finns en överbetoning på utantillinlärning och på procedurer. Detta verkar ske på bekostnad av en konceptuell förståelse, trots att det under 20 års tid pekats på behovet av en reforminriktad matematikundervisning. Matematisk förståelse kan delas in i procedurell- och konceptuell förståelse där en konceptuell förståelse kan kopplas till en reforminriktad matematikundervisning. Genom att utveckla förmågan att resonera matematiskt utvecklas också den konceptuella förståelsen. Denna avhandling, som inbegriper tre studier (med empiri från gymnasiet år ett och matematikläroböcker från tolv länder) behandlar elevers möjlighet att lära sig att resonera matematiskt. Dessa möjligheter har studerats utifrån att undersöka vilka möjligheter läroboken ger att lära sig matematiska resonemang, dels via en läroboksanalys och dels genom att studera elevers arbete med läroboksuppgifter i klassrumsmiljö. Elevers möjligheter att lära sig att resonera matematiskt har också studerats genom att undersöka relationen mellan elevers matematiska resonemang och deras uppfattningar om matematik. Ett analytiskt ramverk (Lithner, 2008) har används för att kategorisera och analysera resonemang som använts för att lösa uppgifter och som behövs för att lösa en uppgift. Resultaten från studierna har givit stöd åt tidigare forskning vad gäller att undervisning och läroböckerna inte nödvändigtvis harmonierar med en reforminriktad matematikundervisning. Och att elever har uppfattningar om matematik som bygger på osäkerhet, förväntan på ämnet och sin egen förmåga samt motivation och att dessa uppfattningar delvis kan kopplas till att eleverna inte använder matematiska resonemang för att försöka lösa icke-rutinuppgifter. Det vanligaste sättet att lösa läroboksuppgifter var att välja andra strategier än att använda sig av matematiska resonemang. Ett vanligt sätt att lösa uppgifter var att låta sig guidas, av främst en annan elev. Eleverna arbetade framförallt med de enklare uppgifterna i läroböckerna. Bland dessa enklare uppgifter var det mer sällsynt med uppgifter som krävde matematiska resonemang för att lösas relativt de svårare uppgifterna. Resultaten visade även att det fanns en negativ relation mellan en uppfattning av osäkerhet hos elever och ett användande av matematiska resonemang. Resultaten visade vidare att fördelningen av uppgifter som krävde matematiska resonemang var relativt lika i alla undersökta läroböcker från fem världsdelar. Utifrån resultaten argumenteras för en förändrad undervisning mot en undersökande undervisning och läroböcker som är mer i harmoni med en reforminriktad matematikundervisning.

A história do livro didático brasileiro é recuperada neste trabalho no período correspondente à instalação do Estado Nacional, juntamente com a criação das escolas públicas elementares e secundárias, até a primeira década do século atual, com as propostas de ampliação da rede escolar do regime republicano. Nesta trajetória, acompanhamos a construção do saber escolar organizado pelo poder educacional, dividido entre o Estado civil e a Igreja Católica. Em meio às disputas entre os dois setores, o livro escolar desempenhava um papel fundamental na concretização dos projetos educacionais de ambas as tendências. O livro didático foi se transformando em uma importante mercadoria das empresas editoriais que se aliaram ao Estado na divulgação dessa produção cultural que tendia a se ampliar. O saber escolar contido no livro didático é analisado pelas disciplinas História Geral e do Brasil, desvendando o processo de transposição do saber erudito para o saber a ser ensinado. Dentro dessa problemática, situamos o papel dos autores dos livros didáticos de História e o \"lugar\" de sua produção. A partir da confecção do livro didático, na qual pudemos identificar os inúmeros agentes que interferiam em sua composição, buscamos identificar como este objeto cultural era usado por professores e alunos nos diferentes espaços escolares, detectando as questões que envolveram o processo de ensino e aprendizagem do período. / The history of the Brazilian textbook, in this research, is presented from the constitution of the National State, with the creation of public schools until the first decade of the twentieth century, with the expansion of schools under the republican regime. In this trajectory, we follow the construction of school knowledge organized by the educational power, divided between the civil state and the Catholic Church. The textbook, amid the disputes between the civil and religious powers, came to occupy a fundamental place in the realization of the educational projects of both tendencies. The research then presents the growth of the production of the school book and its transformation into an important commodity for the publishing companies that allied themselves with the policies of the State in the spreading of a cultural production that tended to expand. The textbook, in a second part of the research, is analyzed by the construction of school discipline. It selects, as a case study, the books of History of Brazil and of Universal History in the process of articulation carried out by the authors between historical and erudite religious knowledge in the production of historical school content. From the process of making the textbook and its different agents, the third part of the research presents how this cultural object was used by teachers and students in different school spaces, identifying the problems that involved the teaching and learning process of this period.

Esta pesquisa, por meio da análise de um livro didático de língua inglesa, propõe o diálogo entre o campo de ensino-aprendizagem de língua inglesa e a perspectiva enunciativa de linguagem de Émile Benveniste. O estudo procura comprovar a hipótese de que há livros didáticos em língua inglesa que apresentam atividades que envolvem interlocuções possíveis de serem abordadas em sala de aula por uma perspectiva enunciativa da linguagem. Com o diálogo entre os estudos linguísticos de Émile Benveniste – reflexões sobre linguagem, língua, enunciação e discurso, presentes em textos pertencentes aos Problemas de linguística geral I e Problemas de linguística geral II – e os estudos voltados à aquisição de segunda língua, tornou-se possível operar deslocamentos, que resultaram em um novo conhecimento sobre essa relação enunciação e ensino-aprendizagem de segunda língua, com a consideração dos seguintes aspectos: a) a intersubjetividade na linguagem; b) a situação de discurso e a atribuição de referência; c) a relação forma-sentido; d) os valores culturais impressos no discurso. Tais aspectos, tratados teoricamente nos dois primeiros capítulos, foram norteadores da metodologia no terceiro capítulo e da análise no quarto capítulo. Na análise, foram selecionados quatro grupos de atividades do livro didático de língua inglesa Alive! 8, obra distribuída para a rede pública de ensino por intermédio do Plano Nacional do Livro Didático no ano de 2017. Observou-se que as atividades analisadas: a) apresentam marcas de intersubjetividade, visto que o livro didático prevê que a comunicação intersubjetiva se concretize em sala de aula; b) atuam como provocadoras de referência e permitem que o locutor-aluno atribua essas referências pelo discurso; c) consideram forma e sentido como instâncias interdependentes, permitindo aos locutores-alunos que eles compreendam e reconheçam as unidades da língua inglesa em sala de aula como integradas umas às outras; d) abordam questões relacionadas a costumes e valores das duas línguas envolvidos no processo de aprendizagem da segunda língua. Todavia, foi possível verificar que algumas das atividades analisadas necessitam ter seu escopo ampliado no contexto de sala de aula de língua inglesa. Dessa forma, a pesquisa aponta, na conclusão, que o professor é o responsável por garantir que as atividades presentes no livro didático possam ser abordadas por uma perspectiva enunciativa da linguagem, trazendo contribuições ao processo de aprendizagem de inglês como segunda língua. / This research, through the analysis of an English textbook, proposes the dialogue between the field of teaching and learning of English and Émile Benveniste’s enunciative perspective of language. The study aims to prove the hypothesis that there are textbooks in English that present activities that involve possible dialogues to be addressed in the classroom through an enunciative perspective of the language. With the dialogue between Émile Benveniste's linguistic studies – reflections about language, utterance and discourse present in the texts belonging to Problems of general linguistics I and Problems of general linguistics II – and studies on second language acquisition, it became possible to operate displacements, which resulted in a new knowledge about this relation between enunciation and second language teaching and learning, considering the following aspects: a) the intersubjectivity in language; b) the situation of discourse and reference attribution; c) the form-meaning relationship; d) the cultural values printed in the discourse. These aspects were considered theoretically in the first two chapters, and they guided the methodology in the third chapter and the analysis in the fourth chapter. In the analysis, four groups of activities were selected from the English textbook Alive! 8, a book distributed to the public school system through the National Program of Textbook in 2017. It was observed that the analyzed activities: a) present marks of intersubjectivity, since the textbook predicts that intersubjective communication is materialized in the classroom; b) act as reference provocateurs and allow the student to assign these references through discourse; c) consider form and meaning as interdependent instances, allowing students to understand and recognize the units of language in the classroom as integrated to each other; d) address issues related to customs and values of the two languages involved in the process of learning the second language. However, it was possible to verify that some of the analyzed activities need to have their scope expanded in the context of English classroom. In this way, the research indicates, in the conclusion, that the teacher is responsible for ensuring that the activities in the textbook can be approached by an enunciative perspective of language, bringing contributions to the process of learning English as a second language.

Η παρούσα εργασία επιδιώκει να παρουσιάσει τον τρόπο με τον οποίο παρουσιάζονται οι Έλληνες και οι άλλοι λαοί στα σχολικά βιβλία Ιστορίας της Γ' Λυκείου από το 1965 έως σήμερα. Στόχος είναι να ανιχνευθεί ο τρόπος με τον οποίο κατασκευάζονται η ιστορική μνήμη και η εθνική ταυτότητα, σκιαγραφώντας έτσι την αντίληψη που είναι πιθανό να διαμορφώσουν οι μελλοντικοί πολίτες για τον εθνικό τους «εαυτό» (national ‘‘self’’) αλλά και για τους γείτονες λαούς, δηλαδή τον εθνικό «άλλο» (national ‘‘other’’).Η εργασία χωρίζεται σε δύο μέρη, το θεωρητικό και το ερευνητικό. Στο πρώτο μέρος γίνεται λόγος για το Σχολικό Εγχειρίδιο (Textbook), για τη Διεθνή Έρευνα των Διδακτικών Εγχειριδίων (International Textbook Research) αλλά και για το ρόλο της εικονογράφησης (the role of Textbook Pictures).Στο δεύτερο μέρος γίνεται η παρουσίαση της έρευνας των σχολικών βιβλίων Ιστορίας , τόσο ως προς το κείμενο όσο και ως προς το περικείμενο. Η παρουσίαση ακολουθεί την πορεία της ποιοτικής ανάλυσης περιεχομένου (qualitative content analysis), που επιλέχθηκε ως ερευνητική μέθοδος. / The current essay focuses on the way Greeks and the other nations are presented in the new textbooks of History in High school at the period 1695 to 2007. The purpose of the author is to enlight the way the historic memory and the national identity are shaped, so that it will be understood –up to a point- what the future Greeks will think about their ‘self’ and the other nations due to the books.The essay is separated in two parts. In the first part, the basic relevant theory and terminology are presented. In particular, the author is referring to Textbooks, to International Textbook Research and to the role of Textbook Pictures.In the second part, the analysis of the textbooks and their pictures is presented according to the process of the qualitative content analysis that had been chosen as the method of analysis.

The study describes and evaluates how Grade 7 teachers in the Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe used the Step in New Primary Mathematics Grade 7 textbooks in their teaching, and the impact it had on mathematics teaching and learning. The purpose of the study was to investigate how the teachers used the mathematics textbooks and to suggest areas of improvement. These textbooks were distributed to all the primary schools in Zimbabwe in 2010, under the donor-driven Education Transition Fund. This curriculum initiative sought to address the severe textbook shortage and to improve the performance of the learners. The study examined the ways the teachers interacted with and mediated the textbooks in mathematics lessons, what material they used or did not use from the textbook, how they used it, and why they used it in the specific ways. In order to achieve this objective, an empirical study of a sample of grade 7 teachers in the province was undertaken. Social constructivism was the main theory that guided the study. Stratified purposeful sampling was employed to select three out of eight districts in the province, and to select eighteen schools from the three districts for participation in the study. Each district contributed the same number of questionnaire respondents (n=30) and interview respondents (n=2). A mixed methods design, which combined a questionnaire, a semi-structured interview and non-participant lesson observation, was adopted. The results indicated that the use of these textbooks raised the teachers’ and learners’ motivation, created some opportunities for teacher learning, and improved the learners’ performance in mathematics. However, the teachers’ low confidence levels in teaching some topics, the absence of regular staff development programmes, and also textual errors had a negative effect on how the textbooks were used. The teachers did not cover all the textbook content, neither did they demonstrate or encourage the learners to use alternative strategies to solve the problems in the textbooks. A number of teachers showed resistance to the use of these textbooks. This study provided evidence that points to an urgent need for the improved quality of mathematics textbooks, as well as an improvement in the teachers’ competencies, namely by placing greater emphasis on the use of textbooks in pre-service and in-service teacher training programmes. Based on the results of the study, a framework for teachers’ effective resource utilization is proposed. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)

Esta pesquisa, por meio da análise de um livro didático de língua inglesa, propõe o diálogo entre o campo de ensino-aprendizagem de língua inglesa e a perspectiva enunciativa de linguagem de Émile Benveniste. O estudo procura comprovar a hipótese de que há livros didáticos em língua inglesa que apresentam atividades que envolvem interlocuções possíveis de serem abordadas em sala de aula por uma perspectiva enunciativa da linguagem. Com o diálogo entre os estudos linguísticos de Émile Benveniste – reflexões sobre linguagem, língua, enunciação e discurso, presentes em textos pertencentes aos Problemas de linguística geral I e Problemas de linguística geral II – e os estudos voltados à aquisição de segunda língua, tornou-se possível operar deslocamentos, que resultaram em um novo conhecimento sobre essa relação enunciação e ensino-aprendizagem de segunda língua, com a consideração dos seguintes aspectos: a) a intersubjetividade na linguagem; b) a situação de discurso e a atribuição de referência; c) a relação forma-sentido; d) os valores culturais impressos no discurso. Tais aspectos, tratados teoricamente nos dois primeiros capítulos, foram norteadores da metodologia no terceiro capítulo e da análise no quarto capítulo. Na análise, foram selecionados quatro grupos de atividades do livro didático de língua inglesa Alive! 8, obra distribuída para a rede pública de ensino por intermédio do Plano Nacional do Livro Didático no ano de 2017. Observou-se que as atividades analisadas: a) apresentam marcas de intersubjetividade, visto que o livro didático prevê que a comunicação intersubjetiva se concretize em sala de aula; b) atuam como provocadoras de referência e permitem que o locutor-aluno atribua essas referências pelo discurso; c) consideram forma e sentido como instâncias interdependentes, permitindo aos locutores-alunos que eles compreendam e reconheçam as unidades da língua inglesa em sala de aula como integradas umas às outras; d) abordam questões relacionadas a costumes e valores das duas línguas envolvidos no processo de aprendizagem da segunda língua. Todavia, foi possível verificar que algumas das atividades analisadas necessitam ter seu escopo ampliado no contexto de sala de aula de língua inglesa. Dessa forma, a pesquisa aponta, na conclusão, que o professor é o responsável por garantir que as atividades presentes no livro didático possam ser abordadas por uma perspectiva enunciativa da linguagem, trazendo contribuições ao processo de aprendizagem de inglês como segunda língua. / This research, through the analysis of an English textbook, proposes the dialogue between the field of teaching and learning of English and Émile Benveniste’s enunciative perspective of language. The study aims to prove the hypothesis that there are textbooks in English that present activities that involve possible dialogues to be addressed in the classroom through an enunciative perspective of the language. With the dialogue between Émile Benveniste's linguistic studies – reflections about language, utterance and discourse present in the texts belonging to Problems of general linguistics I and Problems of general linguistics II – and studies on second language acquisition, it became possible to operate displacements, which resulted in a new knowledge about this relation between enunciation and second language teaching and learning, considering the following aspects: a) the intersubjectivity in language; b) the situation of discourse and reference attribution; c) the form-meaning relationship; d) the cultural values printed in the discourse. These aspects were considered theoretically in the first two chapters, and they guided the methodology in the third chapter and the analysis in the fourth chapter. In the analysis, four groups of activities were selected from the English textbook Alive! 8, a book distributed to the public school system through the National Program of Textbook in 2017. It was observed that the analyzed activities: a) present marks of intersubjectivity, since the textbook predicts that intersubjective communication is materialized in the classroom; b) act as reference provocateurs and allow the student to assign these references through discourse; c) consider form and meaning as interdependent instances, allowing students to understand and recognize the units of language in the classroom as integrated to each other; d) address issues related to customs and values of the two languages involved in the process of learning the second language. However, it was possible to verify that some of the analyzed activities need to have their scope expanded in the context of English classroom. In this way, the research indicates, in the conclusion, that the teacher is responsible for ensuring that the activities in the textbook can be approached by an enunciative perspective of language, bringing contributions to the process of learning English as a second language.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:36:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 IsaideBT_TESE.pdf: 2323609 bytes, checksum: cdf9b0a0880e3f37e8d0a641e22c06bf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-12-14 / In the first decade of the XXI century, it is possible to assert that school textbook is part of the material culture of most public Brazilian schools by means of National School Textbook Program (PNLD). This research aimed at identifying and analyzing textbooks choice in Ceara, relating it to the uses of such tool within school daily life. The setting for the study was four public schools, two of them placed in Fortaleza, and the other in Quixada. It evaluated the uses of textbooks in the 6th grade. As part of methodology, public managers were interviewed, teachers answered surveys, and a direct observation during History classes in 2008 school year was carried out. The observation was over after round chats with students in the class, in which each one designed draws and sentences concerning to the textbook. Furthermore, the study was based on MEC official documents that regulate the textbook choice process with National textbook Program announcement (PNDL/2008) and PNDL/2008 Textbook Guide, in addition to History textbooks schools used. Roger Chartier‟s concept of appropriation was an analysis category, as well as Michael de Certeau s strategy and tatics‟, and Dominique Julia‟s concept of school culture . The study recognizes textbook in the perspective of Alain Choppin and Egil Borre Johnsen, since it is a complex cultural object. For this reason, the study designs an analogy with a kaleidoscope that sends different images depending on who uses it, within a set of colorful lines, since textbook comprehends nowadays different sources and languages, as it offers countless possibilities of use in teaching History. The study concludes that only the main text of each chapter is really worked in daily class practice. Therefore, although theoretical and graphic changes in textbook production, the textbook is underused, which is central to a later rethought of teachers instruction, since, depending on the conception of teaching and learning, textbook potentialities will be used to improve the development of knowledge in History. / Na primeira d?cada do s?culo XXI, ? poss?vel afirmar que o livro did?tico faz parte da cultura material da maioria das escolas p?blicas brasileiras atrav?s do Programa Nacional do Livro Did?tico (PNLD). Sendo assim, um dos objetivos desta pesquisa foi identificar e analisar o processo de escolha dos livros did?ticos no Estado do Cear?, relacionando-o com os usos que se faz deste instrumento no cotidiano escolar. Tivemos como espa?o de pesquisa emp?rica quatro escolas p?blicas, duas localizadas em Fortaleza e duas em Quixad?; em cada escola, uma turma de 6? ano diurno. Como parte do procedimento metodol?gico, realizamos entrevistas com gestores p?blicos, aplicamos question?rios aos professores, e fizemos observa??o direta durante todas as aulas de Hist?ria do ano letivo de 2008 das quatro turmas investigadas. E finalizamos com uma roda de conversa com os alunos de cada turma, na qual estes fizeram desenhos e frases referentes ao livro did?tico. Ainda trabalhamos com documentos oficiais do MEC que regulamentam o processo de escolha dos livros did?ticos, como o edital do Programa Nacional do Livro Did?tico (PNLD/2008) e o Guia de Livro Did?tico do PNLD/2008; al?m dos livros did?ticos de Hist?ria adotados. Utilizamos como categoria de an?lise o conceito de apropria??o , de Roger Chartier, as categorias de estrat?gias e t?ticas , de Micheal de Certeau, como tamb?m o conceito de cultura escolar cunhado por Dominique Julia. Percebemos o livro did?tico na perspectiva de Alain Choppin e Egil Borre Johnsen, portanto, um objeto cultural complexo. Por isso, fazemos uma analogia com um caleidosc?pio que emite diferentes imagens conforme quem o use, num conjunto de fios coloridos, pois o livro did?tico hoje comporta diferentes fontes e linguagens, e oferece in?meras possibilidades de uso no Ensino de Hist?ria. Ao final de nossa pesquisa, percebemos, no entanto, que, no cotidiano, em geral, apenas o texto principal de cada cap?tulo ? trabalhado. Ent?o, apesar das transforma??es te?ricas e gr?ficas na produ??o do livro did?tico, este ainda ? subutilizado, sendo fundamental um posterior repensar da forma??o docente, pois, a depender da concep??o de ensino e aprendizagem que se adota, as potencialidades deste recurso did?tico ser?o utilizadas no favorecimento da constru??o do conhecimento hist?rico.