The reproduction of social class inequalities through mathematics pedagogies in South African primary schools
SOURCE: Journal of Curriculum Studies
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2007
TITLE AUTHOR(S): U.Hoadley
KEYWORDS: MATHEMATICS, PEDAGOGY, SCHOOLS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 4588
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/6070
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/6070
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2007
TITLE AUTHOR(S): U.Hoadley
KEYWORDS: MATHEMATICS, PEDAGOGY, SCHOOLS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 4588
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/6070
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/6070
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Abstract
It has long been clear that the school reproduces social class differences. However, how this happens remains something of a black box. I set out to contribute to our understanding of schooling processes and the reproduction of inequality by focusing on pedagogy. I elaborate a technique for the analysis of classroom observation and student performance data that is rooted in sociological theory. The purpose is to develop an analytic framework capable of capturing a wide variation in pedagogic practice, and show the implications of this variation for student learning. The focus is on how the structuring of social relations relates to the structuring of knowledge, and what the implications of this are in terms of how children of different social-class positions are socialized into school ways of knowing, or the 'school code'. The article addresses the equity debate in mathematics education and schooling more generally, by showing how inequalities are reproduced through pedagogy. The focus here relates to broader debates on the relation between everyday knowledge and school knowledge in mathematics.-
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