Beliefs of primary school teachers and mathematical problems

Abstract

The article deals with the beliefs of primary school teachers on mathematical problems. The participants in the research were 45 primary school teachers who were given a long interview in order to investigate: the teachers' convictions about mathematical problems and their role in managing the relative teaching practice, the way teachers implement the recommendations of the National Guidelines and the analysis of some key concepts occurring in the introduction to the document. The qualitative analysis of the content of the interviews was carried out with the help of the NVIVO 11 software. This article examines the results related to the first aspect investigated in the interview.