Title:

Escaping from mathematics. Reconstructing the process in the context of the social perception of mathematics

Creator:

Baczko-Dombi, Anna

Publisher:

Educational Research Institute

Date:

2017

Abstract:

Mathematics, as no other school subject, evokes conflicting emotions and contradictory attitudes – from “the gate to a career” and “the queen of sciences” to the widespread acceptance of mathematical ignorance in society. The process of studying mathematics requires systematic work and patience, as mathematical knowledge has a cumulative nature. In the case of mathematics education, some students are abandoning mathematics at quite early levels of education and beginning to consider themselves “humanists”, which results in serious consequences for future educational and career choices. In this paper, I propose a description of the process of escaping from mathematics in the context of students’ perception of this subject, using the results of two studies – qualitative and quantitative.

Bibliographic citation:

Edukacja. 2017, 1 (140)

Subject and Keywords:

sociology of education ; mathematics ; perception of mathematics ; educational choices ; intertemporal choices

Coverage:

21st century

Language:

pol

Rights:

Creative Commons BY 4.0

Resource Type:

article

Format:

application/pdf

ISSN:

0239-6858