Masculinities in mathematics
Mendick, Heather2006
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'Masculinities in Mathematics' addresses the important question of why more boys than girls choose to study maths. The author combines research with a theoretical approach, to argue that doing maths is doing masculinity. She discusses the ways in which the alignment of maths with masculinity creates tensions for girls doing the subject.
Main title:
Masculinities in mathematics / by Heather Mendick.
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Imprint:
Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2006.
Collation:
192 p.
ISBN:
9780335218271 (pbk)
Dewey class:
510.8
Language:
English
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BRN:
1285932