Online continuing education of in-service teachers: Evidencing development in geometry and measurements in the early years
Online continuing education, research-training, mathematics education in the early years.
This research contemplates a demand for continuing education in the exercise of educators in the early years of Elementary School in mathematics. Its objectives are: (1) to identify and analyze contributions from a short course taught in an online format, (2) to observe evidence of improvement in knowledge about geometry and measurements, and (3) to elucidate elements of practices that emerged during training . This is a training research and the data were produced from the researcher's diaries, records of activities carried out, online interactions, questionnaires and reports. The participation of one of the educators was analyzed, including mentions of her professional itinerancy, her contributions during her trajectory in the course and explanation of the planning process and task development. The preliminary analysis highlights the value of online sharing of experiences in heterogeneous groups, particularly on geometry and measurements, in addition to elucidating the relevance of teacher education in the continuing format.