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Structure
• On the Power of Stories
• On the Weakness of Stories
• World views on research
• Functions of theories
• Styles of research
• Implications for change
• What are interviews good for?
On the Power of Stories
• Marx on false consciousness– Understanding the functions of different stories– Choice of story has political overtones
• Heather Mendick - ‘there are no innocent positions’
• Yvette Solomon – ‘deliberate moulding by others’
More stories make us less vulnerable
On the Weakness of StoriesSocio-cultural influences – from Renata Sierpenska
•Very big national differences Poland <> England– Beliefs in essential differences– Political campaigns– Sexist images pervade textbooks
•BUT…
World Views
• Influence– The sorts of evidence you collect– The filters/antennae you apply– The analyses you conduct– How you ‘validate’ accounts– Who you communicate with/write for
What are interviews good for?• What are interviews?• Laura Black
– ‘Students storying themselves within the interview & in response to the interviewer’
• Dances? – so we learn about dancing, not about ‘stuff’• Windows?
• For psychoanalysis, socio-cultural stuff, discursive
• What vs why– What=descriptions and value judgements– Why
• why did you…• Why is/are [famous female mathematicians…]
• How would we know?
PREMA Interviews
• Typical lessons, and uses of ICT
• Interest and enjoyment
• Girls’ and boys’ roles
• Actions of successful and unsuccessful teachers
• Actions of successful and unsuccessful students
Interviews (cont)
• Development of mathematical identity
• Choices available; actually made; reasons
• Influences: parents, siblings, teachers, friends
• Long term plans
• What makes you good at maths and [X]?
• Why do you work hard at maths and [X]?
Themes
What are different theories doing?
for theoreticians?
for education?
What are interviews good for?
