MUC92 Seminar on the history and didactics of mathematics

Faculty of Science
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Jaromír Šimša, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Jan Vondra, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Jaromír Šimša, CSc.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics – Departments – Faculty of Science
Supplier department: Department of Mathematics and Statistics – Departments – Faculty of Science
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MUC92/01: Mon 16. 2. to Fri 22. 5. Tue 16:00–17:50 M5,01013, H. Durnová, J. Šimša
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
Abstract
At the end of the course students will be able
to understand and to explain actual problems of didactics and history of mathematics;
to apply the pieces of knowledge in their own future school practise.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able
to understand and to explain actual problems of didactics and history of mathematics;
to apply the pieces of knowledge in their own future school practise.
Key topics
  • Program of the didactic seminars:
  • www.math.muni.cz/sisma/~seminar.html
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • Anachronisms in the history of mathematics : essays on the historical interpretation of mathematical texts. Edited by Niccolò Guicciardini. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021, xxv, 366. ISBN 9781108834964. info
  • HEJNÝ, Milan; Pavel ŠALOM; Jana HANUŠOVÁ; Darina JIROTKOVÁ and Anna KUŘÍK SUKNIAK. Matematika CD : příručka učitele. 1. vydání. Praha: H-mat, o.p.s., 2017, 192 stran. ISBN 9788090575691. info
  • POLÁK, Josef. Didaktika matematiky : jak učit matematiku zajímavě a užitečně. 1. vydání. Plzeň: Fraus, 2016, 179 stran. ISBN 9788074893278. info
  • HEJNÝ, Milan and František KUŘINA. Dítě, škola a matematika : konstruktivistické přístupy k vyučování. Třetí vydání. Praha: Portál, 2015, 232 stran. ISBN 9788026209010. info
  • HEJNÝ, Milan; Pavel ŠALOM; Darina JIROTKOVÁ; Jana HANUŠOVÁ; Anna KUŘÍK SUKNIAK and Eva BOMEROVÁ. Matematika A : učebnice pro 2. stupeň ZŠ a víceletá gymnázia. Illustrated by Lukáš Urbánek. 1. vydání. Praha: H-mat, o.p.s., 2015, 79 stran. ISBN 9788090575608. info
  • HEJNÝ, Milan. Vyučování matematice orientované na budování schémat: aritmetika 1. stupně. 1. vydání. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova, Pedagogická fakulta, 2014, 229 stran. ISBN 9788072907762. info
  • BURTON, David M. The history of mathematics : an introduction. 6th ed. New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 2007, xii, 788. ISBN 9780073051895. info
  • HODGKIN, Luke Howard. A history of mathematics : from Mesopotamia to modernity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, xiii, 281. ISBN 0198529376. info
  • Dvacet pět kapitol z didaktiky matematiky. Edited by Milan Hejný - Jarmila Novotná - Naďa Vondrová. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Pedagogická fakulta, 2004, s. 213-455. ISBN 8072901893. info
  • ARTEMIADIS, Nicolaos K. History of mathematics : from a mathematician's vantage point. 1st ed. Providence: American Mathematical Society, 2004, ix, 454. ISBN 0821834037. info
  • HEJNÝ, Milan and Naďa VONDROVÁ. Elementární matematika : (rovnice, teorie čísel, kombinatorika, planimetrie). Vyd. 2. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Pedagogická fakulta, 2000, 79 s. ISBN 8072900145. info
  • 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
    not specified
  • SUZUKI, Jeff. A history of mathematics. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2002, xiii, 815. ISBN 0130190748. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Historic and alternatively didactic seminars completed by moderate disscussion.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Regular participation in seminars will be the duty of every enrolled student during the semester. They will elaborate on the lectures they have heard and submit their written reflections within 14 days.
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 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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