Na década de 1990, no Brasil, surgiu a “problematização”, que seria uma nova metodologia de ensino-aprendizagem para o ensino superior, baseada no método do arco de Charles Maguerez e na obra de Bordenave. Os autores reconstituem o histórico destas obras e procuram a origem semântica desta palavra.
In the 1990s, in Brazil, there was emerging the “problematização”, which would be a new teaching-learning methodology for higher education, based on the method of the arc, by Charles Maguerez and also on the Bordenave’s work. The authors reconstruct the history of these works and seek the semantic origin of this word.