Conference paper
Increasing Participation of Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds in Challenging Mathematics Subjects
Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.99-106
Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 45th (Newcastle, Australia, 02-Jul-2023 - 06-Jul-2023)
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
2023
Abstract
Calls for high levels of participation and success in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) by all Australians exacerbates the need for research into improving participation in mathematics by students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Rogoff’s three planes of analysis is used to foreground the institutional plane in a low socioeconomic status school with sustained increased enrolments in Mathematics B (now replaced by Mathematics Methods). Processes in this plane are examined by drawing on semi-structured interviews with a Deputy Principal and Head of Mathematics. Contributing factors appear to be the way that the Mathematics Program and Pastoral Care Program are delivered at the school.
Details
- Title
- Increasing Participation of Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds in Challenging Mathematics Subjects
- Authors
- Anne Bennison (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.99-106
- Conference details
- Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 45th (Newcastle, Australia, 02-Jul-2023 - 06-Jul-2023)
- Publisher
- Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
- Date published
- 2023
- Copyright note
- 2023 Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc. Reproduced here with the permission in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99971187602621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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