Qazim Turdiu, a mathematician, professor, and Teacher of the People, passed away in Tirana. He was born in Tirana in 1917 and completed high school in his hometown. After completing his university studies in Montpellier (France), during which he was also honored with an award, he worked for several years as a high school teacher in Shkodër and Tirana. After establishing the two-year Pedagogical Institute (1946), he was appointed a lecturer in it. After the establishment of the 4-year institutes of higher education (1951) and the University of Tirana, he worked in them for more than 30 years, first in the teaching departments and then mainly in the Faculty of Engineering. He was a lecturer for several key courses in the Department of Mathematics and Physics. Until the end of the 50s of the 20th century, he was engaged in the scientific and methodical qualification of young teachers. His adaptations “Gjeometria analitike” (“Analytical geometry”) and “Algjebra”(“Algebra”) for high school (1951), paved the way for the creation of original texts, such as “Trigonometrial plane” (1961, co-authored), “Elemente të analizës matematike” (“Elements of mathematical analysis”) (1963), etc. Initiator of research in mathematics didactics, published as co-author the works “Matematika si shkencë dhe si lëndë shkollore I, II” (“Mathematics as a science and as a school subject I, II”) (1972), “Metodika e algjebrës I, II” (“Algebra methodology I,II”) (1978), “Metodika e aritmetikës” (“Arithmetic methodology”) (1981) etc. He published articles and papers on special mathematics teaching problems in pedagogical scientific journals. He is the author of the book “Matematika në shekuj” (“Mathematics through the ages”) (1976), the first comprehensive work in the Albanian language on the historical development of mathematics. (In the photo: Qazim Turdiu)
Text: Albanian encyclopedic dictionary – Vol. 3 , Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kristalina-KH”, Tirana, 2009, page 2763-2764.
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