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Научное обозрение. Педагогические науки
ISSN 2500-3402
ПИ №ФС77-57475

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ABOUT TEACHING HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS IN WESTERN EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XX CENTURY

Golovina O.V. 1
1 Moscow State University of Railway Engeneering (Kaluga Departament of MIIT)
The question about teaching history of Mathematics at universities has already been discussed for a long time. Depending on countries and ages it was solved, and is being solved in different ways. The experience of teaching the course of History of Mathematics at universities in the USA and West Europe is represented in the article. The contents of the most interesting, at the author’s point of view, curriculums in History of Mathematics are described. Tendencies in teaching the course of History of Mathematics at different universities are discovered and analysed. The analysis which is carried out on various bases: statement form, the contents, course orientation, allowed to allocate five groups of training programs on Mathematics History. Generalization, systematization and analysis of existent points of view to teaching History of Mathematics and its influence on vocational education of a future specialist were done.