We present a research focused on the question of changing mathematics secondary school curricula in the period of transition from the school regulations of the Habsburg Empire to the ones of the Kingdom of Italy (1918–1923). Besides teaching programmes, schools in the Habsburg Empire differed from those in the Kingdom of Italy in multiple aspects, ranging from the administrative rules to the juridical status of teachers. Regarding mathematics, there were considerable differences in content and time-tables, but the main difference was in teaching methods and was due to deep-set school principles. The question of changing mathematics programmes was at that moment of great interest to mathematics education in Italy, where a reformist current supported a less theoretical and more practical teaching. This current was a part of a larger European movement for renewal which leapt to the fore at the Fourth International Congress of Mathematicians held in Rome on April 6–11, 1908, when was created the CIEM-IMUK presided by Felix Klein. Our research deals in particular with the work of the Trieste Section of the “Mathesis” Society (founded on June 15, 1919) in preparing mathematics new curricula and selecting the most adapted Italian textbooks.
The question of changing mathematics secondary school curricula in Venezia Giulia after the First World War (1918-1923)
ZUCCHERI, LUCIANA;ZUDINI, VERENA
2008-01-01
Abstract
We present a research focused on the question of changing mathematics secondary school curricula in the period of transition from the school regulations of the Habsburg Empire to the ones of the Kingdom of Italy (1918–1923). Besides teaching programmes, schools in the Habsburg Empire differed from those in the Kingdom of Italy in multiple aspects, ranging from the administrative rules to the juridical status of teachers. Regarding mathematics, there were considerable differences in content and time-tables, but the main difference was in teaching methods and was due to deep-set school principles. The question of changing mathematics programmes was at that moment of great interest to mathematics education in Italy, where a reformist current supported a less theoretical and more practical teaching. This current was a part of a larger European movement for renewal which leapt to the fore at the Fourth International Congress of Mathematicians held in Rome on April 6–11, 1908, when was created the CIEM-IMUK presided by Felix Klein. Our research deals in particular with the work of the Trieste Section of the “Mathesis” Society (founded on June 15, 1919) in preparing mathematics new curricula and selecting the most adapted Italian textbooks.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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