Institute in the History of Mathematics and its Use in Teaching

在过去十年的数学改革中，越来越多的人认识到，数学史应该是各级数学教与学的组成部分。教授数学史并利用数学史改进教学的数学家需要更多的知识和资源来准备教授他们的学生。美国数学协会(MAA)将继续举办成功的数学史及其在教学中的应用研究所(IHMT)，其目标是在本科数学课程中增加历史的内容。与此同时，IHMT将针对教师准备方案，开发供K-12课堂使用的材料和用于教师准备方案的材料。参与教师培训的教职员工将是IHMT的重要参与者。通过一项正在进行的全年活动计划，其中包括在一个暑期为数学教师提供为期两周的强化课程，并在随后的暑假为新接触历史的教师提供后续一周的课程；每年夏天为具有历史应用经验的教师提供为期两周的课程；与原始学院的80名参与者一起建立一个充满活力的电子邮件讨论小组；IHMT校友在监督下进行研究；新参与者将准备教授数学史课程，并利用历史来改进他们标准的本科数学课程的教学，特别是教师准备课程；经验丰富的教师将出版材料，帮助所有教师介绍历史。15位数学史学家，他们都是众所周知的优秀教师，将领导探索从古代到20世纪的数学史，强调数学不同领域之间的应用和联系。将历史融入本科数学课程的具体技巧将是一个中心主题。通过在国家和地区数学会议上的发言、出版物和电子通信，将在全国范围内传播IHMT的信息和技术，从而改变数学教学。

In the mathematics reform of the past decade, there has been growing recognition that the history of mathematics should be an integral part of the teaching and learning of mathematics at all levels. Mathematicians who teach the history of mathematics and who use this history to improve their teaching are in need of more knowledge and resources to prepare to teach their students. The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) will continue the successful Institute in the History of Mathematics and its Use in Teaching (IHMT) the goal of which is to increase the presence of history in the undergraduate mathematics curriculum. At the same time the IHMT will target teacher preparation programs developing materials for use in K-12 classrooms and materials for use in teacher preparation programs. Faculty involved in teacher preparation will be important participants in the IHMT. Through an ongoing year-round program of activities which include intensive two-week programs in one summer with a follow-up week in the successive summer for mathematics faculty new to the use of history; a two-week program each summer for faculty with experience in the use of history; a vigorous email discussion group together with the 80 participants in the original institute; supervised research by IHMT alumni; new participants will be prepared to teach courses in the history of mathematics and to use history to improve their teaching of standard undergraduate mathematics courses, especially teacher preparation courses; experienced faculty will publish materials to assist all faculty in introducing history. Fifteen historians of mathematics, all of whom are known to be excellent teachers, will lead explorations of the history of mathematics from antiquity through the twentieth-century, stressing applications and links between different areas of mathematics. Specific techniques for incorporating history into undergraduate mathematics courses will be a central theme. Through presentations at national and regional ma thematics meetings, publications, and electronic communications, the information and techniques of IHMT will be disseminated nationally making changes in the teaching of mathematics.