Percepción de un grupo de docentes de I y II ciclo de Educación General Básica de escuelas públicas de Heredia sobre los temas de estadística y probabilidad
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2015
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Alpízar Vargas, Marianela
Chavarría Oviedo, Laura
Oviedo Rodríguez, Katalina
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Universidad de Costa Rica
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Los temas de estadística y probabilidad se encuentran presentes en los Programas de Estudio del
Ministerio de Educación Pública de Costa Rica desde 1995; sin embargo la poca formación que han recibido los
docentes de I y II Ciclo de la Educación General Básica en dichos temas. El presente artículo expone resultados
de una investigación que se realizó, con 20 docentes, durante un proceso de capacitación sobre Didáctica de la
Probabilidad y la Estadística en la Dirección Regional de Heredia en el 2011. La información se recolectó por
medio de cuestionarios auto administrados. El objetivo fue describir la percepción que tiene este grupo de
docentes de primaria en ejercicio de la Dirección Regional de Heredia ante el proceso de enseñanza y
aprendizaje de los temas de estadística y probabilidad. Entre los resultados obtenidos, los docentes son
conscientes de que los temas citados deben enseñarse desde los primeros niveles de formación, algunos les
temen por su nivel de dificultad, otros no los imparten en sus clases porque no les da tiempo y otros desconfían
de su fiabilidad. Una de las conclusiones del estudio es la necesidad que tienen los entes formadores de revisar y
modificar sus planes de formación profesional, para adecuarlos a las exigencias actuales y brindar procesos de
capacitación y actualización a docentes en ejercicio.
In Costa Rica, the topics of statistics and probability have been included in the Basic General Education curricula of the Ministry of Public Education, since 1995. However, the poor academic formation that elementary school educators have received causes them to develop unfavorable attitudes towards these topics. This paper presents results of a study that was conducted with 20 teachers during a training process on Teaching Probability and Statistics in the Regional Directorate of Heredia in the 2011. Data was collected through questionnaires. The purpose of this article was to describe the perception that this group of in-service elementary school teachers, of the Regional Directorate of Heredia, has in relation to teaching and learning of topics of statistics and probability. Although these teachers are aware that statistics and probability must be taught since elementary school, some of them are afraid to face them and even have made the decision to leave them out of the curriculum motivated by their lack of confidence in their own capacity to teach such complex topics, others not taught them in their classes because lack of time or because of distrust in its reliability. One of the main conclusions of this study is that Universities should modify their curriculum to adapt it to the current requirements and also they should offer training processes, such as workshops, for teachers.
In Costa Rica, the topics of statistics and probability have been included in the Basic General Education curricula of the Ministry of Public Education, since 1995. However, the poor academic formation that elementary school educators have received causes them to develop unfavorable attitudes towards these topics. This paper presents results of a study that was conducted with 20 teachers during a training process on Teaching Probability and Statistics in the Regional Directorate of Heredia in the 2011. Data was collected through questionnaires. The purpose of this article was to describe the perception that this group of in-service elementary school teachers, of the Regional Directorate of Heredia, has in relation to teaching and learning of topics of statistics and probability. Although these teachers are aware that statistics and probability must be taught since elementary school, some of them are afraid to face them and even have made the decision to leave them out of the curriculum motivated by their lack of confidence in their own capacity to teach such complex topics, others not taught them in their classes because lack of time or because of distrust in its reliability. One of the main conclusions of this study is that Universities should modify their curriculum to adapt it to the current requirements and also they should offer training processes, such as workshops, for teachers.
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PROBABILIDAD, ESTADÍSTICA, ESTADISTIC, PROBABILITY, DOCENTES, ENSEÑANZA PRIMARIA, FORMACIÓN DOCENTE, COSTA RICA, HEREDIA (COSTA RICA)