Mathematical education at Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University: history, analysis of achievements and prospects of development

Abstract

The research deals with development of mathematical education at Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University (KSPU). The goal and objectives of the research include distinguishing and characterizing basic stages of formation and development of KSPU’s mathematical education, informing about the state of teaching, methodological, scientific and research activity, and defining prospects for developing the Department of Mathematics and Methods of its Teaching in future. By stages of developing mathematical education at KSPU, the authors mean periods of its 90-year development noted for certain peculiarities of organization and methods of training Mathematics teachers. Teaching, research and life dedicated to people are criteria that form the basis for determining basic stages in the Department of Mathematics’ development. A special edition Mathematical Education in Kryvyi Rih Pedagogical University: Personality Dimension was issued to honour the 90th anniversary of the Department of Mathematics after analyzing information from the University archive, museum and accessible personal data of Mathematics teachers “ University teachers, graduates and researchers. The data also concern their publications in ORCID and Google Scholar databases, the University repository, etc. There are characterized basic stages of developing mathematical education in the educational institution and its research trends.