Jogos de linguagem matemáticos no ensino em Engenharia civil

Abstract

The thesis aims to examine what has been produced, more recently, in Civil Engineering Education, in what refers to the mathematical language games played in it. The theoretical contributions that support the research are linked to the theorization of Ludwig Wittgenstein, specifically those that correspond to his stage of maturity, whose best known work is "Philosophical Investigations". The research material is composed of: articles from the Brazilian Congress Annals on Engineering Education (COBENGE), specifically the copies made available between 2014 and 2018; and by interviews with five researchers, who also worked as teachers in a Civil Engineering Graduation Course. The analytical exercise on this material made it possible to conclude that: a) in line with the techno-scientific world in which we live, Civil Engineering education encompass, for the resolution of situation-problem in the Area, the transmission of knowledge related to the use of softwares already available or to the production of new free softwares; b) the mathematical language games used in Civil Engineering Education have as a common characteristic the use of mathematical symbolism, being this symbolism what makes it possible to express them formally, with the rules that support it; and c) the formation of the civil engineer, nowadays, is strongly aligned with the neoliberal logic, marked by entrepreneurshi