%0 Journal Article %T Escrita autobiogr¨¢fica e hist¨®ria da educa£¿£¿o matem¨¢tica %A Gomes %A Maria Laura Magalh£¿es %J Bolema: Boletim de Educa£¿£¿o Matem¨¢tica %D 2012 %I Universidade Estadual Paulista %R 10.1590/S0103-636X2012000100007 %X this article focuses on the possibilities of connection between autobiographical writing and history of mathematics education. the paper discusses conceptions of autobiographical writing and presents a panorama of their historical development. it also presents a typology of autobiographical texts and examines theoretical and methodological issues concerning historical research which uses those texts as sources or subjects of investigation. %K autobiographical writing %K history of mathematics education. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-636X2012000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en