Address
Studentų st. 39
LT-08106 Vilnius
Tel.: +370 5 275 08 39
E-mail: mat.didaktika@vpu.lt
The head of the Department
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Juozas Banionis, E-mail: j.banionis@vpu.lt
The Staff
Assistant of the Head: Julė Žemaitytė, E-mail: mat.didaktika@vpu.lt
Prof. Dr. Nijolė Cibulskaitė, E-mail: nijole.cibulskaite@vpu.lt
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vytautas Bernotas, E-mail: bernotas@vpu.lt
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Viktorija Sičiūnienė, E-mail: viktorija.siciuniene@vpu.lt
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saulius Zybartas, E-mail: zybartas@vpu.lt
Lect. Jūratė Valatkevičienė, E-mail: jura@vpu.lt
History and overview
The Department of didactics of Mathematics was established in 1984. The first head of the department was elected to be Assoc. Prof. Dr. Stasys Grigelionis. While heading the department, he paid a lot of attention to the issues of didactics of mathematics. Later Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jonas Kisielius was elected to be the head of the department in 1991-1993. He investigated pure mathematics; published various articles about the issues of education of mathematics; wrote several educational books for students as well as teachers. The third head of the department was elected to be Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vytautas Bernotas from 1993. In 2003 the department was renamed to Department of didactics of Mathematics and Informatics. Presently it is headed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Juozas Banionis. The department currently offers Master study programme in Education of Mathematics.
Taught subjects
Development and Education Psychology, Didactics of Contemporary Mathematics, Didactics of Informatics, Didactics of Mathematics, Didactics of Mathematics and Economics, Geometry in Secondary Schools, Higher Mathematics, Historical Mathematical Problems, Humanisation Aspects of Teaching of Mathematics, Mathematical Thought in Lithuania, Mathematics and Economics, Pedagogical Practice, Scientific Research, Statistical Data Processing, Trigonometry in Secondary Schools. All the subjects are taught in Lithuanian.
Research
Didactics of mathematics and computer science, monitoring of education and analysis of education policies
Led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Bernotas.
Research team: Assoc. Prof. Dr. N. Cibulskaitė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Sičiūnienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Zybartas and Lect. J. Valatkevičienė.
The researchers investigate the teaching methods (and their development) of Mathematics and Informatics in secondary schools.
Development of Mathematics in Lithuania
Led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Banionis.
Goal of the research: to investigate the development of Mathematics as a science in Lithuania during 19th - 20th century.
Publications during 2006-2011:
Education branch of Social Sciences: 3 ISI publications in Thomson Reuters Web of Science database, 14 publications in other international databases, 6 publications in peer-reviewed international and national journals, 14 textbooks for secondary schools, 3 educational books for higher education institutions and 4 methodical books for higher education institutions.
History: 1 ISI publication in Thomson Reuters Web of Science database, 11 publications in other international databases, 2 publications in peer-reviewed international and national journals, 1 textbook for higher education institutions and 1 educational book for higher education institutions.
Ongoing projects
National
Project funded by the European Union Structural Funds and the budget of the Republic of Lithuania and executed by the Rebublic of Lithuania’s Ministry of Education and Science “Creation of standardised pupil achievement evaluation tools for secondary schools”.
Project funded by the European Union Structural Funds and the budget of the Republic of Lithuania and executed by the Rebublic of Lithuania’s Ministry of Education and Science “Development of 5-8 grade pupil essential competencies”.
Local project: "Improvement of subject teacher preparation quality by renewing Undergraduate study programmes in Vilnius Pedagogical University". Project No. VP1-2.2-ŠMM-07-K-01-046.
International
European Union project funded under 7th FWP, Research area: SIS-2008-2.2.1.1 Innovative methods in science education, “Science-Teacher Education Advanced Methods”. 26 universities from 15 European countries participate in the project.