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      Perspectivas de Professores de Matemática sobre o Humor e o seu Valor Educacional Translated title: Perspectives of Mathematics Teachers about Humour and its Educational Value

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          Resumo O humor tem uma aceitação crescente, por se lhe reconhecer contributos positivos para o bem-estar das pessoas, em contextos como a saúde e as empresas. O que acontece na Educação, em particular, no ensino da Matemática? Na procura desta resposta, desenhamos este estudo, de natureza quantitativa, com uma amostra de 1088 professores de Matemática (portugueses e espanhóis). Com recurso a inquérito, averigua se professores que ensinam Matemática, ao longo dos diversos níveis de ensino, apreciam o humor, que perspectiva têm dele e do seu valor educativo e se o utilizam no ensino. O estudo averigua, ainda, se o nível de ensino em que lecionam tem influência na perceção e uso do humor com fins instrucionais. O estudo procura verificar se há diferenças significativas entre os professores portugueses e espanhóis em relação a estes aspectos. Os resultados revelam que a maioria dos professores, de todos os níveis de ensino, reconhecem o significado de humor, consideram que têm sentido de humor, justificam o seu uso no ensino da Matemática e já o viram utilizar ou utilizam nas aulas, com o objetivo de criar bom ambiente de aprendizagem e de fazer pensar os alunos. O estudo revela diferenças entre os professores dos diversos níveis de ensino, indicando que existe maior predisposição dos professores dos Anos Iniciais, comparativamente com os demais, para valorizar e utilizar o humor no ensino. O estudo revela também diferenças entre professores portugueses e espanhóis, sendo os portugueses a apresentarem uma média de concordância superior na generalidade dos itens.

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          Abstract At present, humour has an increasing acceptance and appreciation, because we recognize the positive contributions to the well-being of people in contexts as diverse as health, business, and entertainment. What happens in Education and, in particular, in Mathematics teaching? To answer this question, we designed this quantitative study with a sample of 1088 Iberian mathematics teachers (Portuguese and Spanish), that teach from the early years through to higher education. Through the use of a questionnaire, we seek to find out if Portuguese and Spanish teachers who teach Mathematics, throughout the various levels of education, appreciate humor, what perspective they have of it and its educational value, and if they use it in teaching the discipline. The study also sought to determine if the teaching level in which teachers teach mathematics has an influence on the perception and use of humor for instructional purposes. The study also investigates if there are any significant differences between Portuguese and Spanish teachers in relation to these aspects. The results show that the overwhelming majority of teachers, at all levels of teaching, recognize the meaning of humor, consider that they have a sense of humor, justify its use in mathematics teaching and have already seen it being used or used it in their classes, with the goal of creating a good learning environment and making students think. The study reveals differences among teachers at different levels of teaching, indicating that there is a greater predisposition of teachers in the initial years, in comparison to other years, to value and use humor in mathematics teaching. The study also reveals differences between Portuguese and Spanish teachers, with Portuguese presenting a higher average agreement in most items.

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                Journal
                bolema
                Bolema: Boletim de Educação Matemática
                Bolema
                UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Matemática (Rio Claro, SP, Brazil )
                0103-636X
                1980-4415
                April 2020
                : 34
                : 66
                : 332-353
                Affiliations
                [4] Viseu orgnameInstituto Politécnico de Viseu orgdiv1Escola Superior de Educação Portugal
                [2] Braga orgnameInstituto de Educação da Universidade do Minho Portugal
                [1] Viseu orgnameInstituto Politécnico de Viseu orgdiv1Escola Superior de Educação Portugal
                [3] Braga orgnameInstituto de Educação da Universidade do Minho Portugal
                [5] Granada orgnameUniversidade de Granada orgdiv1Faculdade de Ciências da Educação Espanha
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                S0103-636X2020000100018 S0103-636X(20)03406600018
                10.1590/1980-4415v34n66a16
                5eb3223c-ed2e-43bd-a9fb-322592582e59

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                : 18 April 2019
                : 29 December 2019
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                Humor,Mathematics Teaching,Níveis de Ensino,Perspectivas de Professores,Teaching levels,Ensino da Matemática,Teachers perspectives

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