Juozas Baltūsis – the eminent mathematics teacher in the 20th–60th years of the 20th century in Lithuania

Abstract

Mathematics teacher Juozas Baltūsis (1900–1994) started his pedagogical activities in the 20th years of the 20th century and retired on a pension in the 70th years of the century. Within over 40-year period of his pedagogical activities, he taught many future mathematicians and engineers; he worked individually with gifted pupils and encouraged them to participate mathematical contests. The teacher took a great interest in integration of the teaching mathematics with the real life and other school subjects. In the prewar period, he compiled 3 course-books and in the postwar period – 3 papers; in the said works, he implemented the ideas on integration in practice.

Keywords

• mathematics teachers
• mathematical contests
• course-books
• integration of teaching