Análise dos impactos da participação na Olimpíada Brasileira de Matemática das Escolas Públicas (OBMEP) para a formação dos professores orientadores e alunos medalhistas das regiões oeste e sudoeste do Paraná

Abstract

This research presents an analysis of the participation of the medal winner students and guiding teachers from the west and southwest regions of the state of Paraná, in the Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad in Public Schools (OBMEP in Portuguese) and, subsequently, in the Program Scientific Initiation Jr (PIC in Portuguese). Aiming at analyzing the impact of these participations on the formation of the teachers and on the students researched, investigating whether the goals of the OBMEP are being achieved and examining the utilization of the Olympiad as a tool in the process of teaching and learning of Mathematics in public schools. It is described here the origin and the historical development of the Olympiads, especially the mathematical ones; the nuances of the teaching and learning process of this science and detailed information on the national Olympiads of Mathematics that occur in Brazil, mainly the OBMEP. Complemented by an exploratory research, the present study verified, through the application of questionnaires, how the subjects of this research act in the Olympiad and at the PIC as well as what are the possible advantages and disadvantages entailed to their formation, in addition to pointing at the qualities and lacking points in the organization of the OBMEP as well as suggestions for the enhancement of the program. The results signal positively to the utilization of the Olympiads as a complementary educational method in class when planned and aimed by teachers in tandem with the educational institutions, adding value to the process of teaching and learning of Mathematics.