Gender

“I was cool in my own head”: Exploring the biographies of outstanding female maths students

Published by David Pomeroy on June 3, 2013 | Leave a response

This is another in the series of BERA2103 blog posts, the name of the paper being: Discourse, where is your sting? Exploring the biographies of outstanding female mathematics students Much political rhetoric in Britain proclaims that success in mathematics is a key to individual success and national prosperity - yet British students appear sceptical. Most drop mathematics as soon as… Read more →

Editor’s choice: On the science aspirations of primary school girls

Published by Mark Murphy on April 15, 2013 | Leave a response

  Top of the class this week: Louise Archer, Jennifer DeWitt, Jonathan Osborne, Justin Dillon, Beatrice Willis & Billy Wong (2013): ‘Not girly, not sexy, not glamorous’: primary school girls’ and parents’ constructions of science aspirations. Pedagogy, Culture & Society, 21:1, 171-194. Why is it the case that girls, even from a young age, stick science in the ‘not for… Read more →