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From a Young Mathematics Professor to a Great Mathematics Teacher: Considering Characteristic Features of the Education of Pure Mathematics in the Social, Institutional and Interdisciplinary Contexts of UCL  

Cho, Su-Nam (Interdisciplinary Program in History and Philosophy of Science, Seoul National University)
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Journal for History of Mathematics / v.24, no.3, 2011 , pp. 109-143 More about this Journal
Abstract
Augustus De Morgan became to be deeply interested in the education of pure mathematics since he came to teach in UCL because of the specific nature of natural philosophy lectures, the academical knowledge and reasoning powers of the students, and the negative attitudes of London society on mathematics. During his long tenure, he really tried his best to make his students understand the important concepts and the principles of pure mathematics, and logically explain the processes of inducing and proving the laws of pure mathematics. When he could not stay as a mere researcher, he had to concern himself with and pay attention to the problems of educating students. And then his teaching style was constructed in a specific way by the various attitudes about mathematics, the boundary relationship between the adjacent academical branches, and the social and systematic nature of UCL.
Keywords
Augustus De Morgan; University College, London; education of pure mathematics; natural philosophy; concept; principle;
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