Reflecting on teachers’ practice and discourse: a case study

Abstract

This article discusses the discourse of educators who teach Mathematics with a focus on reflexive teaching. The investigation involved teachers of different levels that teach in the municipality of Guarulhos. The methodology of this research relies on case study principles, and different tools were used for data collection, like a questionnaire and interviews. The data analysis process allowed us to observe that the discourse of the teachers who participated in this investigation partially corroborates the theoretical discussions that we adopted for our analysis. Based on the data collected, we were able to infer that the teachers have little engagement in readings and discussions that might help them theoretically in their formation process as reflexive teachers.

Keywords

• reflexive teacher
• teacher discourse
• reflective practice