Georges Cuisenaire, teacher and then director of the municipal primary schools in Thuin, in the French-speaking region of Belgium (Wallonia), was the creator of the rods or numbers in color, didactic material for children’s mathematics education spread all over the world since the 1950s and still in use today. In 1935 he presented an experimental didactic proposal for primary school – developed with a team of colleagues – at the Universal Exposition in Brussels, actually carried out with the classes. It regards lessons that take place around outdoor walks in the area surrounding the school. The proposal was discussed in the book Leçons-promenades. Under the influence of the Belgian pedagogist Ovide Decroly (1871-1932) (the idea of a cen-ter of interest is crucial), emerges the cultural profile of a teacher in the field, open to new trends, capable of adapting the circulating ideas to the local context where he operates, who made his own the exhortation of Wilhelm August Lay (1862-1926), according to which every teacher must be an explorer of the child’s mind and an experimental pedagogist. The issue of calculation and measure emerges as crucial in observation and the exploration of the environment, and this case study confirms the attention that it received in the early years of development of experimental psychology and pedagogy.
Georges Cuisenaire, maestro e poi direttore delle scuole primarie comunali a Thuin, nella regione francofo-na del Belgio (Vallonia), fu il creatore dei regoli o numeri in colore, materiale didattico per l’istruzione mate-matica infantile diffusosi in tutto il mondo a partire dagli anni Cinquanta del Novecento e ancora oggi in uso. Nel 1935 presenta all’Esposizione Universale di Bruxelles una proposta didattica sperimentale per la scuola primaria, che espone nel saggio Leçons-promenades. Si tratta di una serie di lezioni che si sviluppano at-torno a passeggiate all’aperto nel territorio circostante la scuola, effettivamente realizzate con le classi. Sotto l’influsso del pedagogista belga Ovide Decroly (1871-1932) (cruciale è l’idea di centro d’interesse), emerge il profilo culturale di un insegnante sul campo aperto alle nuove tendenze, capace di adattare le idee circo-lanti al contesto locale dove opera, che ha fatto sua l’esortazione di Wilhelm August Lay (1862-1926), se-condo cui ogni insegnante deve essere un esploratore del pensiero infantile e un pedagogista sperimenta-le. Il calcolo e la misura emergono come aspetti cruciali dell’osservazione e dell’esplorazione del mondo, e si confermano come questioni che ricevettero molta attenzione da parte delle nascenti psicologia e pedago-gia sperimentali.
Millan Gasca, A., Di Tella, E. (2022). Prima dei regoli: Georges Cuisenaire (1891-1976) pedagogista sperimentale nelle leçons promenades. ANNALI ONLINE... DELLA DIDATTICA E DELLA FORMAZIONE DOCENTE, 14(23), 145-168.
Prima dei regoli: Georges Cuisenaire (1891-1976) pedagogista sperimentale nelle leçons promenades
Millan Gasca, A.;
2022-01-01
Abstract
Georges Cuisenaire, teacher and then director of the municipal primary schools in Thuin, in the French-speaking region of Belgium (Wallonia), was the creator of the rods or numbers in color, didactic material for children’s mathematics education spread all over the world since the 1950s and still in use today. In 1935 he presented an experimental didactic proposal for primary school – developed with a team of colleagues – at the Universal Exposition in Brussels, actually carried out with the classes. It regards lessons that take place around outdoor walks in the area surrounding the school. The proposal was discussed in the book Leçons-promenades. Under the influence of the Belgian pedagogist Ovide Decroly (1871-1932) (the idea of a cen-ter of interest is crucial), emerges the cultural profile of a teacher in the field, open to new trends, capable of adapting the circulating ideas to the local context where he operates, who made his own the exhortation of Wilhelm August Lay (1862-1926), according to which every teacher must be an explorer of the child’s mind and an experimental pedagogist. The issue of calculation and measure emerges as crucial in observation and the exploration of the environment, and this case study confirms the attention that it received in the early years of development of experimental psychology and pedagogy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


