Matemáticas competentes

Until not long ago, when women mathematicians were talked about, it was done anecdotally, not as fundamental pieces in the development of science. This book does not focus exclusively on their biographies, but on how to integrate the contributions of these scientists into the school curriculum so that their knowledge ceases to be something episodic, showing how their trajectories and contributions are related to key competencies of teaching and The learning. Based on an excellent selection of female mathematicians, Teresa Valdecantos presents us with a historical journey, from ancient times, by the hand of teachers such as the priestess Enheduanna, the Pythagoreans or Hypatia, passing through Sophie Germain, Mary Everest, Ada Byron or Florence Nightingale. , until the 20th and 21st centuries, with the "calculists" of the NACA, the mathematicians of Bletchley Park, the sisters Joan and Ruth Lyttle or the Spanish Clara Grimá, Marta Casanellas and Marta Macho Stadler. To the study of mathematical and scientific skills, there is also that of digital, social, civic, linguistic communication and, of course, self-taught, because we must not forget that many women had to learn on their own, overcoming obstacles and social impositions. All this is accompanied by a series of activities aimed at pre-university students.