Theobaldo Miranda Santos and the methodology of teaching arithmetic

Abstract

This article presents considerations regarding the methodology of the arithmetic teaching presented on Theobaldo Miranda Santos’s book entitled Noções de Metodologia do Ensino Primário. The analysis of this book uses contributions of cultural history as well as Choppin’s ideas, and covers other aspects beyond its mathematical content. The dialogue with normative texts contemporary to the book approached the guidelines in the book with official determinations. This may be the key to a long editorial life that reached nearly two decades of this book, which is part of the Collection entitled Curso de Psicologia e Pedagogia published by the Companhia Editora Nacional.