MA572 Seminar on the history and didactics of mathematics 2

Faculty of Science
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Eduard Fuchs, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Jaromír Šimša, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Eduard Fuchs, CSc.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics – Departments – Faculty of Science
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MA572/01: Mon 14:00–15:50 M5,01013
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Didactic seminars are treated with various actual aspects of teaching mathematics at secondary schools. After passing the course, students get new both theoretical and practical ideas in order to apply them in their own future school practise.
Syllabus
  • Program of the didactic seminars:
  • www.math.muni.cz/sisma/~seminar.html
Literature
  • KATZ, Victor J. A history of mathematics :an introduction. Reading: Addison-Wesley, 1998, xiv, 864,. ISBN 0-321-01618-1. info
  • BOYER, Carl B. A history of mathematics. Edited by Uta C. Merzbach. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1991, xx, 715. ISBN 0471097632. info
  • EVES, Howard and Jamie H. EVES. An introduction to the history of mathematics :with cultural connections. 6th ed. Fort Worth: Saunders College Publishing, 1990, 775 s. ISBN 0-03-029558-0. info
  • STRUIK, Dirk J. A concise history of mathematics. 3-rd revised edit. New York: Dover Publications, 1967, x, 195. ISBN 0486602559. info
Assessment methods
Historic and alternatively didactic seminars 2 hours a week. Colloquium in written form.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Pouze pro diplomanty z matematiky
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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