Author(s)

Liping Bao ¹, Chunguang Li ², Kaihua Bao ¹, Shuhong Chen ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Mathematics Science, Inner Mongolia Minzu University, Tongliao, 028000, China
² Inner Mongolia Second Geological Middle School, Chifeng, 024000, China

Corresponding Author

Liping Bao

ABSTRACT

This paper discusses the necessity of integrating the history of mathematics into university mathematics courses from three aspects: using mathematical history as a teaching tool, expanding it in course materials, and incorporating it as an element of ideological and political education. It also identifies the issues related to the integration of mathematical history into university mathematics courses, including insufficient inclusion of mathematical history content during classroom teaching, limited representation of mathematical history content in textbooks, and insufficient depth and breadth when integrating mathematical history as an element of ideological and political education. Based on these issues, the paper provides strategies for incorporating mathematical history into university mathematics courses, including integrating mathematical history content appropriately during classroom teaching, increasing the inclusion of mathematical history content in textbook development, and enhancing the depth and breadth of integration when used as an element of ideological and political education.

KEYWORDS

History of mathematics; classroom teaching; course materials; ideological and political education

CITE THIS PAPER

Liping Bao, Chunguang Li, Kaihua Bao, Shuhong Chen, A Study on the Integration of the History of Mathematics into University Mathematics Courses. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2023) Vol. 6: 34-39. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2023.062306.

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