Stella Baruk (born 1932 in

Yazd Yazd (; ) is a city in the Central District of Yazd County, Yazd province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. At the 2016 census, its population was 529,673. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is rec ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

) is an influential Iranian-born French teacher, mathematician, author and educationalist. Since the 1970s she has been a key innovator in the teaching of mathematics in French schools.

Works

* ''Echec et maths'' (Seuil, 1973) * ''Fabrice ou l'école des mathématiques'' (Seuil, 1977) * ''L'Âge du capitaine – de l'erreur en mathématiques'' (Seuil, 1985) * ''Dictionnaire de mathématiques élémentaires'' (Seuil, 1992) * ''C’est-à-dire, en mathématiques ou ailleurs'' (Seuil, 1993) * ''Comptes pour petits et grands, vol. 1, Pour un apprentissage du nombre et de la numération fondé sur la langue et le sens'' (Magnard, 1997) * ''Comptes pour petits et grands, vol. 2, Pour un apprentissage des opérations, des calculs, et des problèmes, fondé sur la langue et le sens'' (Magnard, 2003) * ''Si 7=0 – Quelles mathématiques pour l'école?'' (Odile Jacob, 2004) * ''Naître en français'' (Gallimard, 2006) – texte autobiographique * ''Dico de Mathématiques (collège et CM2)'', (Seuil, 2008) * ''Pour une intelligence du nombre'' (Seuil, à paraître) * ''Mes premières mathématiques avec Némo et Mila CP''(Magnard, 2012) * ''Nombres à compter et à raconter'', (Seuil, 2014) * ''Les chiffres ? Même pas peur !'', (Puf, 2016)

Decoration

* On 2 December 2008, she was made a ''chevalier'' of the

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

. She was promoted to ''officier'' on 30 December 2016.

References

1932 births Living people People from Yazd Iranian mathematics educators Iranian women educators French mathematics educators French women educators 20th-century French women writers Officers of the Legion of Honour {{France-mathematician-stub