Educational experience on modelling for Panamanian mathematics teachers ; Experiencia educativa en modelización para docentes de matemática en Panamá ; Experiência educacional em modelagem para professores de matemática no Panamá

Internationally, mathematical modelling has been gaining an important space in educational curricula, this is why the teaching of this process has been included in educational programmes for mathematics teachers. Due to this importance, in this study, an educational experience on modelling for practising secondary education mathematics teachers from the Panamanian school system is reported, whose objective is to analyse the solving procedures of these teachers to modelling problems and classify these solving procedures. The context is the Diploma Course in Mathematics Education Applied to Secondary Education, taught by the University of Panama, which included a submodule on modelling. The “modelling cycle from a cognitive perspective”, which was taught in the submodule, was used to analyse the solving procedures for three problems posed to the participating teachers, through the written productions that they uploaded to the virtual platform of the diploma course. Four solving procedures could be identified in the 40 productions analysed, which varied from not totally understanding the wording of the problems to developing a whole modelling cycle. With these results, it is intended to provide a first overview of the teaching and learning of modelling in the Panamanian context and to lay the foundations for possible curricular adaptations to mathematics teaching. ; A nivel internacional, la modelización matemática ha ido ganando un espacio importante en los currículos educativos, razón por la cual la enseñanza de este proceso ha sido incluida en los programas de formación de profesores de matemática. Dada esta importancia, este estudio reporta una experiencia educativa sobre modelización para profesores de matemática de educación secundaria en servicio del sistema escolar panameño, cuyo objetivo es analizar los procedimientos de resolución de estos profesores a problemas de modelización y clasificar dichas resoluciones. El contexto es el Diplomado en Educación Matemática Aplicada a Secundaria, impartido por la ...