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Mathematics Education and the Legacy of Zoltan Paul Dienes (Hardcover, New)
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Mathematics Education and the Legacy of Zoltan Paul Dienes (Hardcover, New)
Series: Montana Mathematics Enthusiast: Monograph Series in Mathematics Education
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A Volume in The Montana Mathematics Enthusiast: Monograph Series in
Mathematics Education Series Editor Bharath Sriraman, The
University of Montana 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mathematics education and includes several recent unpublished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.
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