An analysis of Mathematical Modeling conceptions in didactic proposals produced from a training course

This article is an excerpt from a research study that analyzed didactic proposals developed by teachers during a training course and presented in a notebook. Bibliographical in nature, the research aimed to analyze the didactic proposals from the Teaching Proposals Notebook for an Antiracist Mathematics, identifying connections with the conceptions of Mathematical Modeling. Of the 16 proposals analyzed, most reflected concepts from this approach, with emphasis on the perspectives of Ademir Donizeti Caldeira and Maria Salett Biembengut. The diversity of understandings about Mathematical Modeling in the literature justifies the different approaches observed. The proposals reveal the potential of Mathematical Modeling as a tool to make mathematics more meaningful while promoting the appreciation of diversity and culture.