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dc.contributor.author | Mendick, H | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-10-03T09:11:55Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-10-03T09:11:55Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | British Journal of Sociology of Education, 26(2): 225 - 241, Apr 2005 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0142-5692 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.jstor.org/stable/30036060 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5894 | - |
dc.description | Copyright @ 2005 Taylor & Francis | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper I address the question: How is it that people come to choose mathematics and in what ways is this process gendered? I draw on the findings of a qualitative research study involving interviews with 43 young people all studying mathematics in post-compulsory education in England. Working within a post-structuralist framework, I argue that gender is a project and one that is achieved in interaction with others. Through a detailed reading of Toni and Claudia’s stories I explore the tensions for young women who are engaging in mathematics, something that is discursively inscribed as masculine, while (understandably) being invested in producing themselves as female. I conclude by arguing that seeing ‘doing mathematics’ as ‘doing masculinity’ is a productive way of understanding why mathematics is so male dominated and by looking at the implications of this understanding for gender and mathematics reform work. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work is funded by the ESRC | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
dc.subject | Mathematics | en_US |
dc.subject | Education | en_US |
dc.subject | Gender | en_US |
dc.subject | Social class | en_US |
dc.subject | Choice | en_US |
dc.subject | Identity | en_US |
dc.subject | Masculinity | en_US |
dc.subject | A-level | en_US |
dc.title | Mathematical stories: Why do more boys than girls choose to study mathematics at AS-level in England? | en_US |
dc.type | Research Paper | en_US |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/Brunel (Active) | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/Brunel (Active)/School of Sport & Education | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/School of Sport and Education (RG) | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/School of Sport and Education (RG)/Education | - |
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