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Revista Colombiana de Educación
Print version ISSN 0120-3916
Abstract
PALMAS-PEREZ, Santiago. Digital Technology as a Tool for the Democratization of Powerful Mathematical Ideas. Rev. colomb. educ. [online]. 2018, n.74, pp.109-132. ISSN 0120-3916.
In this article we analyze the role of technology as a means of accessing powerful mathe-Keywords matical ideas (Skovsmose & Valero, 2009) in mathematics education for young people and adults. More particularly, we seek to answer: Can technology act as a bridge between cultural mathematical practices and modeling in favor of a democratic access to powerful adult education; powerful mathematical ideas? The possibility of technology being used as a democratizing tool mathematical ideas; digital for these ideas is proposed, provided that educational needs are addressed according to previous mathematical conceptions established by the students themselves. In this paper, we present a didactic development, based on the theory of didactictal situations (Brousseau, 1997), as well as the decisions that led to the development of an ad hoc technological tool, serving as a bridge to powerful mathematical ideas. We show how both designs promoted the construction of powerful mathematical ideas and concepts while discussing the possibility of using technology as a democratizing tool of knowledge.
Keywords : adult education; powerful mathematical ideas; digital technology; didactic design; technological design.