El uso de los cuentos y la creatividad para la formación del futuro profesorado de infantil en la enseñanza y aprendizaje de las matemáticas

Abstract

The current training of the future teacher requires to include resources that facilitate the teaching and learning processes and, in addition, be useful for their incorporation into the labor market. The use of story as an educational resource in the training of teachers in children stages allows students to be initiated in competences related to the didactics of mathematics as well as how to take advantage of the innovative point of view that the neuroeducation knowledge brings us. In this article, an experience based on the elaboration and design of a mathematical story is developped, in four different formats, in which the mathematical contents are regulated. The work carried out by 108 students belonging to the Degree in Early Childhood Education and Double Degree in Infant and Primary of the URJC, academic year 2018/19 is analysed. To assess the acceptance among the students, a semi-structured interview and a voluntary response questionnaire is carried out. The results show that this type of experiences are necessary in teacher training since they help to motivate, enhance creativity and increase the involvement in the subject, a part from  working on mathematical competence from the didactic point of view, obtaining an increase in performance and better satisfaction in the face of the incorporation into the world of work.