MATHEMATICS APPLIED TO THE DISCIPLINE OF ELECTRIC MOTORS: AN EXPERIENCE WITH PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION

Abstract

The Postgraduate Course in Professional and Technological Education – DocentEPT is offered by federal institutes and aims to train teachers in the area of professional technical education. It is important to highlight that in the control and industrial processes axis there are courses that work with content that requires special attention in the area of mathematics. Among these courses, the electrical engineering course can be mentioned. In this sense, this study sought to develop an experience of pedagogical intervention in a technical and professional education school. For this purpose, an electrical engineering class was chosen where a questionnaire was applied to verify which content in the area of basic mathematics the students had the most difficulty with. The study was carried out with 18 students who answered five objective questions. The results obtained showed that half of the class had greater difficulty with trigonometry. Given this, a review of the main concepts of trigonometry such as sine, cosine, and tangent was applied. This mathematical knowledge is essential in the technical training of these professionals.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2024.037-174