MA0030 Chapters from History of Teaching of Mathematics

Faculty of Education
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/4/1.3. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Jaroslav Beránek, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Jaroslav Beránek, CSc.
Department of Mathematics – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Mathematics – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MA0030/PrezSem01: Wed 9:00–12:50 kancelář vyučujícího, H. Durnová
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Abstract
Students will read some classical historical mathematical textbooks and will learn about the possibilities to use history of teaching of mathematics in mathematics teaching.
Learning outcomes
Successful graduates will be acquainted with old mathematical textbooks and will be able to make use of them in a lesson.
Key topics
1.-2. Czech textbooks on arithmetics and geometry from the 1950s. 3.-6. Czech mathematical textbooks from the 1970s and 1980s. Comparison with selected foreign textbooks. 7.-10. Czech textbooks from the interwar period. 11.-12. Textbooks from the Middle Ages.
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • STRUIK, Dirk J. Dějiny matematiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1963, 250 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • Stedall, J. (2008). Mathematics Emerging: A Sourcebook 1540 - 1900. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • ŠPELDA, Daniel. Astronomie v antice. Ostrava: Montanex, 2006, 262 s. ISBN 8072252100. info
  • FUCHS, Eduard. Světonázorové problémy matematiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1987, 284 s. info
  • ŠEDIVÝ, Jaroslav. Světonázorové problémy matematiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1985, 258 s. info
  • ŠEDIVÝ, Jaroslav. Světonázorové problémy matematiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1984, 220 s. info
  • ŠEDIVÝ, Jaroslav and Jaroslav FOLTA. Světonázorové problémy matematiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1983, 200 s. info
  • KUHN, Thomas S. The structure of scientific revolutions. 2nd ed., enl. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970, xii, 210. ISBN 0226458040. info
  • LAKATOS, Imre. Dokazatel'stva i oproverženija : kak dokazyvajutsja teoremy. Moskva: Nauka, 1967, 150 s. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Seminar with active participation of the students. Seminar paper on textbooks and discussion of this work.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Active participation in the seminars. Assessment of the seminar paper.
Alternate completion
Active participation in the seminars may be substituted by written reports on assigned reading.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2027.
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