Mathematics Education and the Legacy of Zoltan Paul Dienes by Bharath Sriraman

Mathematics Education and the Legacy of Zoltan Paul Dienes by Bharath Sriraman

The name of Zoltan P. Dienes (1916-) stands with those of Jean Piaget and Jerome Bruner as a legendary figure whose theories of learning have left a lasting impression on the field of mathematics education. Dienes' name is synonymous with the Multi-base blocks (also known as Dienes blocks) which he invented for the teaching of place value. He also is the inventor of Algebraic materials and logic blocks, which sowed the seeds of contemporary uses of manipulative materials in mathematics instruction. Dienes' place is unique in the field of mathematics education because of his theories on how mathematical structures can be taught from the early grades onwards using multiple embodiments through manipulatives, games, stories and dance. Dienes' notion of embodied knowledge presaged other cognitive scientists who eventually came to recognize the importance of embodied knowledge and situated cognition - where knowledge and abilities are organized around experience as much as they are organized around abstractions. Dienes was an early pioneer in what was later to be called sociocultural perspectives and democratization of learning. This monograph compiled and edited by Bharath Sriraman honors the seminal contributions of Dienes to mathematics education and includes several recent unpublished articles written by Dienes himself. These articles exemplify his principles of guided discovery learning and reveal the non-trivial mathematical structures that can be made accessible to any student. The monograph also includes a rare interview with Dienes in which he reflects on his life, his work, the role of context, language and technology in mathematics teaching and learning today. The book finds an important place in any mathematics education library and is vital reading for mathematics education researchers, cognitive scientists, prospective teachers, graduate students and teachers of mathematics.

Bharath Sriraman is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Montana-Missoula, where he is well-known for his work on interdisciplinary elements of mathematics with the arts and sciences, cognition, creativity, mathematics history and philosophy, and mathematics education. In his fields of interest, Professor Sriraman has produced over 300 journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, and reference work entries, including 31 edited volumes. He was named a Distinguished Scholar at the University of Montana in 2016. He is the creator and Editor-in-Chief of The Mathematics Enthusiast, an open access worldwide journal that is now in its 18th year of publication. He is a co-founder and co-series editor of Springer's Advances in Mathematics Education and Creativity Theory and Action in Education.

Professor Sriraman has held visiting professorships in Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Germany, Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, Canada, South Africa, Colombia, and Argentina, as well as two positions in the United States. Fulbright prizes are given to people who have excelled in their fields. His most extensive editorial undertaking to date has been the Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences. He is currently curating and editing another Springer Major Reference Works project, The Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Mathematical Practice.

He is an amateur arborist in his leisure time.

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ISBN 13	9781593118969
ISBN 10	1593118961
Titel	Mathematics Education and the Legacy of Zoltan Paul Dienes
Autor	Bharath Sriraman
Serie	The Montana Mathematics Enthusiast
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Emerald Publishing Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2008-02-12
Seitenanzahl	124
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