Open AccessHistoria de la matemática: Integración cultural de las matemáticas, génesis de los conceptos y orientación de su enseñanza
Author(s) -
Pedro Miguel González Urbaneja
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
enseñanza de las ciencias/enseñanza de las ciencias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.495
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2174-6486
pISSN - 0212-4521
DOI - 10.5565/rev/ensciencias.4731
Subject(s) - function (biology) , curriculum , history of mathematics , humanities , subject (documents) , orientation (vector space) , philosophy , epistemology , sociology , mathematics education , mathematics , pedagogy , computer science , geometry , library science , evolutionary biology , biology
This report seeks to claim a didactic function for the History of Mathematics, justifying the fact that a complete and profound understanding of the fundamental concepts of any science requires the knowledge of its history. The excessive logical -deductive nature of present Mathematics has given rise to an excessive dogmatism in its teaching, together with an imposition of exactness and strictness as the fundamental, almost exclusive, values of Mathematics, thus influencing the students' negative response. We believe that these deficiencies can be put back to right by means of the teaching of the History of Mathematics, so as to enrich the teachings culturally. We suggest this subject be integrated inter -disciplinarily into the curriculum, and considered a source of inspiration, permanent self training, and orientation for all educacional activity.