Historia y perspectivas del proyecto Matemática para la Enseñanza Media (MATEM) de la Universidad Nacional en Costa Rica
Fecha
2011
Autores
Alfaro Arce, Ana Lucía
Alpízar Vargas, Marianela
Chaves Salas, Leonel
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Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica)
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MATEM es un proyecto universitario que ofrece capacitación y actualización
a los profesores de matemática, que laboran en la educación media
costarricense, y brinda experiencias universitarias, tanto académicas
como sociales, a los estudiantes de secundaria participantes.
Este artículo describe algunos aspectos históricos de MATEM, su funcionamiento
actual y cobertura, los productos académicos obtenidos en
los últimos años, la percepción de estudiantes y profesores, participantes
en el proyecto, sobre los aspectos positivos y beneficios del mismo,
entre otros. Se mencionan como beneficios de MATEM: estudiantes mejor
preparados para ingresar a los cursos universitarios y para realizar su
prueba de bachillerato en matemática1, personas más críticas y analíticas
para resolver problemas cotidianos y tomar decisiones, profesores
de secundaria actualizados, profesores universitarios más sensibilizados
con la problemática de la enseñanza de la matemática en el país, entre
otros. El apartado final sintetiza los logros globales del proyecto y su
impacto para la universidad y el país; así como, las perspectivas actuales
que se tienen para responder a las exigencias del entorno.
MATEM is a university project that offers training and updating to Costa Rican teachers of Mathematics who work in secondary education, and provides academic as well as social college experiences to the participating high school students. This paper describes some historical aspects of MATEM, its current operation and coverage, the academic products obtained in recent years, the perception of participating students and teachers and the positive aspects and benefits of it, among others. Some advantages of MATEM such as better prepared students to take university courses and to do their Mathematics bachillerato2 test, more critical and analytical people to solve daily problems and make decisions, more updated secondary school teachers, and more sensitive university professors towards the problem of the teaching of Mathematics in the country, among others, are also analyzed. The last section summarizes the overall achievements of the project and its impact in the university and the country, as well as the current perspectives used to respond to the demands of our country.
MATEM is a university project that offers training and updating to Costa Rican teachers of Mathematics who work in secondary education, and provides academic as well as social college experiences to the participating high school students. This paper describes some historical aspects of MATEM, its current operation and coverage, the academic products obtained in recent years, the perception of participating students and teachers and the positive aspects and benefits of it, among others. Some advantages of MATEM such as better prepared students to take university courses and to do their Mathematics bachillerato2 test, more critical and analytical people to solve daily problems and make decisions, more updated secondary school teachers, and more sensitive university professors towards the problem of the teaching of Mathematics in the country, among others, are also analyzed. The last section summarizes the overall achievements of the project and its impact in the university and the country, as well as the current perspectives used to respond to the demands of our country.
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ENSEÑANZA MEDIA, MATEMATICAS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, MATEMATICS