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SUMMARY:Why maths has baggage (and how some people avoid it) - David Pomer
 oy\, Faculty of Education\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20121120T130000Z
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CONTACT:Ting Ding
DESCRIPTION:Many of us view mathematicians as “boring\, obsessed with th
 e irrelevant\, socially incompetent\, male and unsuccessfully heterosexual
 ” (Mendick\, 2005). Why has mathematics picked up this kind of discursiv
 e ‘baggage’\, and how does this facilitate or impede students’ engag
 ement with mathematics in schools?\n\nThis seminar will explore how we per
 ceive mathematics\, how we experience learning mathematics emotionally\, a
 nd what this has to do with social justice. I will report on findings from
  my MPhil\, an interview-based study of high-achieving students\, and outl
 ine plans for my PhD\, a sociological study of mathematics education in Ne
 w Zealand. You should emerge from this seminar with a greater understandin
 g of how inequality plays out in the mathematics classroom\, a process wit
 h resonances in many other areas of education.
LOCATION:Room 2S5\, Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 
 Hills Road\, Cambridge
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