For whom is mathematical success compatible with ‘physical’ masculinity? Social class, ethnicity, and imagined futures

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dc.contributor.authorPomeroy D
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-02T05:01:26Z
dc.date.available2021-06-02T05:01:26Z
dc.date.issued2021en
dc.date.updated2021-03-17T17:35:21Z
dc.description.abstractThere is a problematic but widespread perception that we do mathematics with our minds, and sport and Physical Education (PE) with our bodies. Strong identification with sport and PE could therefore pose a barrier to mathematics learning. I explore this troubling possibility using data from a mixed-methods study of 450 Year Nine students (age 13-14) in three New Zealand schools. The most socially privileged students often described mathematical and sporting success as entirely compatible, although most described mathematics as valuable for their working futures and sport as enjoyable but inconsequential. In contrast, working-class and ethnic minority boys often identified strongly with ‘physical’ masculinity and viewed physical strength and sporting prowess as pathways to paid work. Such students tended not to identify as mathematically capable. This mechanism for exclusion from mathematical success is particularly concerning in nations such as New Zealand where sport is so dominant in school-age boys’ imagined futures.en
dc.identifier.citationPomeroy D For whom is mathematical success compatible with ‘physical’ masculinity? Social class, ethnicity, and imagined futures. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 1-16.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2021.1888280
dc.identifier.issn0142-5692
dc.identifier.issn1465-3346
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/101967
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stateden
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectmathematicsen
dc.subjectsocial classen
dc.subjectmasculinityen
dc.subjectethnicityen
dc.subjectbodyen
dc.subjectdiscourseen
dc.subject.anzsrc1303 Specialist Studies in Educationen
dc.subject.anzsrc1399 Other Educationen
dc.subject.anzsrc1608 Sociologyen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::39 - Education::3901 - Curriculum and pedagogy::390109 - Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogyen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::39 - Education::3904 - Specialist studies in education::390406 - Gender, sexuality and educationen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::39 - Education::3902 - Education policy, sociology and philosophy::390203 - Sociology of educationen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::44 - Human society::4410 - Sociology::441013 - Sociology of migration, ethnicity and multiculturalismen
dc.titleFor whom is mathematical success compatible with ‘physical’ masculinity? Social class, ethnicity, and imagined futuresen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
uc.collegeFaculty of Education
uc.departmentSchool of Teacher Education
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