The Routes of Modelling in “After-GPIMEM”: developing a family tree

Abstract

In this paper we analyze the paths followed by professors/researchers, former students of the research group GPIMEM, in the development of research about mathematical modeling as a pedagogical approach. We sought to identify the questions discussed by these researchers in their studies. We developed a family tree of these studies, using as a starting point those presented in Malheiros and Franchi (2013), which refers to masters and/or doctoral research developed by the authors included in the analysis. We expanded this family tree considering the studies developed by these same authors as professors/researchers/advisors in universities of Brazil and abroad. Our analysis suggests continuity in the diversity of themes addressed by the studies, as well as the presence of technologies. In this last case, we identified some possible roles of technology in the development of modeling projects.