Os 80 anos do primeiro curso de matemática brasileiro: sentidos possíveis de uma comemoração acerca da formação de professores no brasil

Abstract

This article focuses on the 80th anniversary of the first Mathematics undergraduate course in Brazil, at University of São Paulo (USP), in the context of discussions about teacher’s training in the country. The text has three sections, which follow a brief introduction. The first one covers the implementation of the course, its characteristics, and relations with teacher training for secondary education. The second one presents a discussion on the vision for the creation of this course as a founding event in the history of a higher institutional training of mathematics teachers in Brazil. In the last part, we consider current issues concerning mathematics teacher’s education, and try to relate them to the education that was proposed and has been offered since the course foundation at USP.