Against the Odds: Resilience in Mathematics Students in Transition

Autor/inn/en	Hernandez-Martinez, Paul; Williams, Julian
Titel	Against the Odds: Resilience in Mathematics Students in Transition
Quelle	In: British Educational Research Journal, 39 (2013) 1, S.45-59 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-1926
DOI	10.1080/01411926.2011.623153
Schlagwörter	Resilience (Psychology); Mathematics Education; Social Capital; Cultural Capital; At Risk Students; Disadvantaged Youth; Transitional Programs; Secondary School Mathematics; College Mathematics; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematische Bildung; Sozialkapital; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Ausland
Abstract	This paper examines "resilience" of mathematics students in transition from a sociocultural perspective, in which resilience is viewed as relational and in particular as a function of the social and cultural capital students may bring to the new field. We draw on two students' stories of transition, in which we recognise elements traditionally viewed as "risks" for mathematics students in transition into institutions where new demands are made. However, in each case it seems that some of their apparent background "risk factors"--coming from poorer socioeconomic backgrounds and disadvantaged schools--have come to serve to constitute capital, buttressing their particular resilience, as they provide a crucial kind of autonomy that is particularly valued in the new institution. We identify the learners' reflexivity as having been crucial to this accumulation of capital and we discuss some educational implications. (Contains 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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