VITTORIO CHECCUCCI AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
VITTORIO CHECCUCCI AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
Author(s): Paolo BussottiSubject(s): Education, History of Education
Published by: Scientia Socialis, UAB
Keywords: mathematics education; relations between theoretical and practical mathematics in the teaching; experimentations in mathematics education;
Summary/Abstract: This study deals with Vittorio Checcucci’s ideas and proposals as to mathematics education. The scopes of this work are twofold: 1) the first scope is historical: my aim is to reconstruct Checcucci’s thought. This is a novelty because almost no contribution dedicated to Checcucci exists. The few existing contributions are brief articles whose aim is not to provide a general picture of his ideas; 2) the second scope is connected to mathematics education in the 21st century. A series of argumentations will be proposed to prove that many Checcucci’s ideas could be fruitfully exploited nowadays. For the first time, the thought of this mathematician is exposed to non-Italian readers because his ideas are worthy to be known, rethought and discussed in an international context.
Journal: Problems of Education in the 21st Century
- Issue Year: 53/2013
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 22-39
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English