Gérard Vergnaud

French mathematician (1933–2021)

Gérard Vergnaud

Born	(1933-02-08)8 February 1933 Doué-la-Fontaine, France
Died	6 June 2021(2021-06-06) (aged 88) France
Nationality	French
Alma mater	HEC Paris University of Geneva
Occupation(s)	Mathematician Philosopher Psychologist
Website	https://www.gerard-vergnaud.org

Gérard Vergnaud (8 February 1933 – 6 June 2021) was a French mathematician, philosopher, educator, and psychologist. He earned his doctorate from the International Center for Genetic Epistemology in Geneva under the supervision of Jean Piaget. Vergnaud was a professor emeritus of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in Paris, where he was a researcher in mathematics. Among his most significant work has been the development of the Theory of Conceptual Fields, which describes how children develop an understanding of mathematics.^[1]

Gérard Vergnaud graduated from HEC Paris in 1956 and from the University of Geneva in 1968.^[2]

References

^ Grossi, Gabriel Pilar "Gérard Vergnaud: Todos perdem quando a pesquisa não é colocada em prática" Archived 5 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine Published by Magazine Escola, 23 October 2010, accessed 29 January 2011.
^ L’AMQ se souvient

External links

Official website
Gérard Vergnaud – Association pour la Recherche en Didactique des Mathématiques
Ciencia al Día – "Horror a las matemáticas" (in Spanish) (accessed 29 January 2011).