Heinrich Besuden
Heinrich Walter Karl Besuden [* April 20, 1924 in Nordenham ; † October 11, 2019 in Oldenburg (Oldb) ] was a German math teacher .
Life
Heinrich Walter Karl Besuden, second son of the rector Heinrich Besuden and his wife, the teacher Emmy Besuden, b. Kosick, studied at the newly founded University of Education (PH) in Oldenburg in August 1945 and was one of the first to graduate. He then worked as a primary school teacher. He completed his studies in mathematics, physics, chemistry and education at the University of Cologne and taught at the Oldenburg Hindenburg-Gymnasium (today: Herbartgymnasium Oldenburg ). In 1955 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD.
In 1955 he was appointed as a university professor for education at the PH Oldenburg and was its rector from 1965 to 1967. When the PH Oldenburg was founded and incorporated into the University of Oldenburg in 1973, he taught there as a specialist didactic specialist in mathematics; he was a member of the university founding committee. He has held several visiting professorships at American universities. From 1977 to 1978 he was a member of the GDM Advisory Board. From 1979 to 1983 he was a board member of the Society for Didactics of Mathematics (GDM). Even after his retirement at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in 1992, he continued to be involved in teaching as an emeritus until he retired in 2005.
The main research areas were the goals, principles and levels in mathematics instruction, mathematics in elementary school, and spatial thinking and geometry. The textbook "Mathematics in Primary School", which he published together with the Brunswick mathematician Arnold Fricke , became internationally known .
honors and awards
- Honorary Citizen of the City of New Britain , Connecticut , USA (1982)
- Festschrift for the 75th birthday - Herbert Henning (Ed.): Learning mathematics through action and experience , Verlag Bueltmann and Gerriets Oldenburg 1999 (255 pages)
source
- "Heinrich Besuden. As a math didactic among pedagogues "IN: Bernhard Möller (Ed.): History of Pedagogy at the University of Oldenburg in Autobiographies (Volume 2), BIS-Verlag of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg 2007, pp. 9 to 34
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Besuden in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Heinrich Besuden
- Late retirement. Farewell to mathematician Heinrich Besuden , press release from the University of Oldenburg
- Press release from the University of Oldenburg on the death of Heinrich Besudens
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Besuden, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Besuden, Heinrich Walter Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German maths didactic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nordenham |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 2019 |
| Place of death | Oldenburg (Oldb) |