How did Mafalda and her friends learn math? Revisiting Mafalda's comic strip math class representation (1964-1973)

Authors

  • José G. Morales Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades
  • M. Cecilia González Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico, Matemáticas y Naturales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33044/revem.36061

Keywords:

Problem-solving, Mathematical reasoning, Mafalda, Mathematics education, Cultural context

Abstract

Problems are the fuel thanks to which mathematics grows steadily. Solving a problem involves exercising a motley set of competencies such as exploring, guessing, identifying patterns, arguing, and validating. Mathematics education, from the early schoolingstage, seeks the necessary means to ensure that students - coming from different cultural backgrounds - are capable of recreating the problem-solving process for which, in many cases, elementary of mathematical techniques are required. In this essay we recover from Mafalda’s comic strip some school scenes from the 1960s in Argentina, paying attention to the realities of its main characters. The selection of vignettes helps us to reflect on mathematical practices and understand the changes that have been progressively sustained since teacher training and educational planning in search of a more comprehensive and meaningful learning of mathematics

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Published

2021-12-14

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Section

Aportes para la Enseñanza de la Matemática

How to Cite

[1]
Morales, J.G. and González, M.C. 2021. How did Mafalda and her friends learn math? Revisiting Mafalda’s comic strip math class representation (1964-1973). Revista de Educación Matemática. 36, 3 (Dec. 2021), 73–82. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33044/revem.36061.