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1	[en] WHY SOLVE PROBLEMS IN MATH TEACHING? A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE GESTALT SCHOOL / [pt] POR QUE RESOLVER PROBLEMAS NA EDUCAÇÃO MATEMÁTICA? UMA CONTRIBUIÇÃO DA ESCOLA DA GESTALT CLAUDIO FERNANDES DA COSTA 19 May 2008 (has links) [pt] Esta tese teve como objetivo percorrer de forma crítica a trajetória teórica que dá suporte à importância da resolução de problemas no ensino da Matemática, dentro da perspectiva do pensamento produtivo e da aprendizagem significativa. Para isso, foram analisadas contribuições das teorias de campo Gestalt, em particular as de Max Wertheimer e Kurt Lewin, relativas a esses dois conceitos que se complementam: o pensamento produtivo aborda mais especificamente a resolução de problemas no âmbito de uma aprendizagem significativa, no verdadeiro sentido da palavra (Wertheimer); as situações de aprendizagem consideram o -espaço de vida do sujeito, incluindo a pessoa e o meio, e representa a totalidade dos eventos possíveis (Lewin). Do ponto de vista da educação matemática, foram abordadas a heurística e a intuição, por se constituírem em dois elementos importantes de aproximação deste campo com conceitos da Gestalt relacionados à solução de problemas. Nesse campo também foi avaliada a contribuição de autores significativos como George Polya, Imre Lakatos e outros. Tendo em vista que, de alguns anos para cá, os programas do ensino de Matemática têm orientado os docentes a usarem solução de problemas como base metodológica de ensino, foi realizado também um estudo exploratório tomando como instrumento de pesquisa entrevistas realizadas com professores de Matemática de escolas avaliadas pelo programa Nova Escola no Rio de Janeiro. Do mesmo modo, orientações teórico-pedagógicas contidas nos documentos dos principais programas nacionais de avaliação do ensino médio brasileiro como Aneb e Enem, caracterizam-se por apoiar suas avaliações em matemática na resolução de problemas e em aprendizagens significativas. Os dados coletados nesta parte da tese foram ilustrativos do estudo teórico realizado, ratificando a relação que se levantou dessas orientações com as contribuições da escola da Gestalt que revelou ser fundamental na concepção do pensamento produtivo como pressuposto de uma verdadeira aprendizagem significativa. Os resultados da pesquisa demonstraram uma visão acerca das razões para resolver problemas que, para além de um meio ou um fim em si mesmo, se confunde com o próprio ensino e aprendizagem da Matemática. / [en] This paper aims at critically analyzing the theoretical background which supports the importance of problem solving in math teaching within the perspective of productive thinking and of meaningful learning. To this end, contributions from the Gestalt field theories were analyzed, particularly those of Max Wertheimer and Kurt Lewin, in relation to these two concepts which complement each other: productive thinking has to do more specifically with problem solving within the scope of a meaningful learning, in the true sense of the word (Wertheimer); learning situations take into consideration the living space of the subject, encompassing the person and the environment, and represents the totality of possible events (Lewin). From the perspective of math education, both heuristics and intuition were dealt with, since they are two important elements which link this field to Gestalt concepts related to problem solving. Within this field, the contribution by significant authors, such as George Polya, Imre Lakatos and others, was also assessed. Keeping in mind that in the last few years math teaching programs have recommended that teachers use problem solving as a methodological basis for teaching, an exploratory study was also conducted which used as research tools interviews with math teachers from the Nova Escola (New School) program in Rio de Janeiro. Likewise, theoretical and pedagogical guidelines found in documents from the main national Brazilian high school assessment programs, such as Aneb and Enem, support math evaluation based on problem solving and on meaningful learning. The data collected in this part of the paper illustrated the theoretical study carried out, confirming the relationship found between these guidelines and the contributions by the Gestalt school, which turned out to be critical to the idea of productive thinking as a given of true meaningful learning. The research results demonstrated a viewpoint on reasons to solve problems which, much more than an end or a means, is intrinsic to math teaching and learning. [pt] GESTALT [en] GESTALT [pt] EDUCACAO MATEMATICA [en] MATHEMATICS EDUCATION [pt] RESOLUCAO DE PROBLEMAS [en] PROBLEM SOLVING [pt] PENSAMENTO PRODUTIVO [en] PRODUCTIVE THINKING [pt] APRENDIZAGEM SIGNIFICATIVA [en] MEANINGFUL LEARNING
2	The “Post” in Postscript: Post-Productive Thinking, Re-Formatted Images Linseisen, Elisa 29 July 2020 (has links) In this article, I seek to discuss the principles of modulation and variation in Deleuze’s canonical essay “Postscript on the Societies of Control” (Deleuze 1992). Analyzing and testing what Deleuze recognizes as “inseparable variations, forming a system of variable geometry” and as a “self-deforming cast that will continuously change from one moment to the other […], like a sieve whose mesh will transmute from point to point” (1992: 4), I will focus on the digital image info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/300 ddc:300
3	The Social Construction of Economic Man: The Genesis, Spread, Impact and Institutionalisation of Economic Ideas Mackinnon, Lauchlan A. K. Unknown Date (has links) The present thesis is concerned with the genesis, diffusion, impact and institutionalisation of economic ideas. Despite Keynes's oft-cited comments to the effect that 'the ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood'(Keynes 1936: 383), and the highly visible impact of economic ideas (for example Keynesian economics, Monetarism, or economic ideas regarding deregulation and antitrust issues) on the economic system, economists have done little to systematically explore the spread and impact of economic ideas. In fact, with only a few notable exceptions, the majority of scholarly work concerning the spread and impact of economic ideas has been developed outside of the economics literature, for example in the political institutionalist literature in the social sciences. The present thesis addresses the current lack of attention to the spread and impact of economic ideas by economists by drawing on the political institutionalist, sociological, and psychology of creativity literatures to develop a framework in which the genesis, spread, impact and institutionalisation of economic ideas may be understood. To articulate the dissemination and impact of economic ideas within economics, I consider as a case study the evolution of economists' conception of the economic agent - "homo oeconomicus." I argue that the intellectual milieu or paradigm of economics is 'socially constructed' in a specific sense, namely: (i) economic ideas are created or modified by particular individuals; (ii) economic ideas are disseminated (iii) certain economic ideas are accepted by economists and (iv) economic ideas become institutionalised into the paradigm or milieu of economics. Economic ideas are, of course, disseminated not only within economics to fellow economists, but are also disseminated externally to economic policy makers and business leaders who can - and often do - take economic ideas into account when formulating policy and building economic institutions. Important economic institutions are thereby socially constructed, in the general sense proposed by Berger and Luckmann (1966). But how exactly do economic ideas enter into this process of social construction of economic institutions? Drawing from and building on structure/agency theory (e.g. Berger and Luckmann 1966; Bourdieu 1977; Bhaskar 1979/1998, 1989; Bourdieu 1990; Lawson 1997, 2003) in the wider social sciences, I provide a framework for understanding how economic ideas enter into the process of social construction of economic institutions. Finally, I take up a methodological question: if economic ideas are disseminated, and if economic ideas have a real and constitutive impact on the economic system being modelled, does 'economic science' then accurately and objectively model an independently existing economic reality, unchanged by economic theory, or does economic theory have an interdependent and 'reflexive' relationship with economic reality, as economic reality co-exists with, is shaped by, and also shapes economic theory? I argue the latter, and consider the implications for evaluating in what sense economic science is, in fact, a science in the classical sense. The thesis makes original contributions to understanding the genesis of economic ideas in the psychological creative work processes of economists; understanding the ontological location of economic ideas in the economic system; articulating the social construction of economic ideas; and highlighting the importance of the spread of economic ideas to economic practice and economic methodology. 410401 Design Theory 349901 Political Economy 370000 Studies in Human Society 340302 History of Economic Thought 349900 Other Economics 410402 Design Innovation 360201 Public Policy 360000 Policy and Political Science 380100 Psychology 360100 Political Science 360200 Policy and Administration 370101 Social Theory 370102 Social Policy and Planning 340100 Economic Theory genesis spread diffusion impact institutionalisation economic ideas idea ideation psychology of creativity Wallas Wertheimer stage model productive thinking creative creativity process economic economics sociology social methodology methodological self-altering self-fulfilling self-denying prophecy belief reflexive reflexivity institution institutionalise institutionalised social construction Berger Luckmann Bhaskar critical realism Lawson Bordieu habitus field spread impact ideation ideational structure social structure action creativity creative economists sociology philosophy of science homo economicus homo oeconomicus economic man economic agent rational economic man man lucas critique Goodhart's law Keynes Marx Mill Hayek Hicks Samuelson Walras Jevons Arrow Debreu Samuelson Merton sociology of economics sociology of scientific knowledge SSK Holton prediction control reflexive prediction reflexivity Whitley Mackie canonization Henshel Grunberg Modigliani Morgenstern Lucas Muth Simon Blyth Hall Sikkink Hira Hood institutionalize institutionalized socialise socialisation internalise internalisation internalization socialization behaviour behavior Thomas theorem expectations stage model productive thinking evolution

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