Teaching Mathematics and Initial Teacher Education: An experience with social networks

Abstract

This work aims to present reflections and analyzes on the importance and influences of social networks in the construction of mathematical knowledge, highlighting their potential in the educational context in high school classes in three public schools in Vitória da Conquista - Bahia. The experiences exposed in this work were experienced in the remote modality by two scholarship holders in the Mathematics Subproject of the Institutional Program for Teaching Initiation Scholarships, at the State University of Southwest Bahia. For the development of such research, we chose to use social networks such as Instagram and Youtube, because these tools allow for more dynamic and faster interactions between their users. The results found were satisfactory, as it can be seen that social networks have the potential to assist in the teaching and learning process, they facilitate the sharing and dissemination of information, in addition to allowing greater communication/connection between educator and student, thus highlighting the relevance of using these means in classrooms.