Racial Inequality in Mathematics Education - Exploring Academic Identity as a Sense of Belonging

This book focuses on the math identity construction of 11 Black students. High school students' perception of what/who is a math person constrained and limited their sense of belonging to the community of doers of mathematics. This study offers new insights into the racial opportunity-gap in mathematics education.

About the author

Thierry Elin-Saintine is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Stockton University, USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Urban Education, concentration in mathematics education, from Temple University. Saintine's research interests revolve around the idea of academic learning as a social practice; he focuses on academic identity defined as a sense of belonging.

Summary

This book focuses on the math identity construction of 11 Black students. High school students' perception of what/who is a math person constrained and limited their sense of belonging to the community of doers of mathematics. This study offers new insights into the racial opportunity-gap in mathematics education.

Product details

• Authors: Thierry Elin-Saintine, Thierry (Stockton University Elin-Saintine
• Assisted by: Rodney K. M. Hopson (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.08.2021
• EAN: 9781787698864
• ISBN: 978-1-78769-886-4
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Series: Studies in Educational Ethnogr; Studies in Educational Ethnography
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology