Reflections on the Teaching of Gerbert of Aurillac
For one born to French peasants, Gerbert took advantage of exceptional educational opportunities: monastic training at Aurillac; mathematical studies in Spain; tutoring the Pope and Emperor in Rome. Serving Reims cathedral school for twenty-five years, Gerbert transformed its curriculum and practice...
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| description | For one born to French peasants, Gerbert took advantage of exceptional educational opportunities: monastic training at Aurillac; mathematical studies in Spain; tutoring the Pope and Emperor in Rome. Serving Reims cathedral school for twenty-five years, Gerbert transformed its curriculum and practices; his students disseminated these innovations across Europe. Gerbert's teaching was research: seeking out unsanctioned, classical texts; analyzing mathematical arguments; observing the sky. His students did what they learned: speaking; observing; making music. He invented instructional instruments: diagrams; an abacus; astronomical spheres. He nurtured relationships of trust among teachers and students. Gerbert's creativity is a provocative impetus for us to face pedagogic inadequacies and develop responsive teaching that stands the test of time. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1521692023-09-16T03:27:10Z Reflections on the Teaching of Gerbert of Aurillac Cavicchi, Elizabeth Edgerton Center (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) For one born to French peasants, Gerbert took advantage of exceptional educational opportunities: monastic training at Aurillac; mathematical studies in Spain; tutoring the Pope and Emperor in Rome. Serving Reims cathedral school for twenty-five years, Gerbert transformed its curriculum and practices; his students disseminated these innovations across Europe. Gerbert's teaching was research: seeking out unsanctioned, classical texts; analyzing mathematical arguments; observing the sky. His students did what they learned: speaking; observing; making music. He invented instructional instruments: diagrams; an abacus; astronomical spheres. He nurtured relationships of trust among teachers and students. Gerbert's creativity is a provocative impetus for us to face pedagogic inadequacies and develop responsive teaching that stands the test of time. 2023-09-15T16:06:37Z 2023-09-15T16:06:37Z 2010 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/152169 Cavicchi, Elizabeth. “Reflections on the Teaching of Gerbert of Aurillac,” in C. Sigismondi (Ed.), Orbe Novus (pp. 7-21). Rome, Italy: Universitalia, 2010. http://www.icra.it/solar/gerbert/orbenovus.pdf Orbe Novus Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Universitalia Elizabeth Cavicchi |
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