Discursive positioning and emotion in school mathematics practices
Evans, Jeff, Morgan, Candia and Tsatsaroni, Anna (2006) Discursive positioning and emotion in school mathematics practices. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 63 (2) . pp. 209-226. ISSN 0013-1954 [Article] (doi:10.1007/s10649-006-9029-1)
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Abstract
Our approach to emotion in school mathematics draws on social semiotics, pedagogic discourse theory and psychoanalysis. Emotions are considered as socially organised and shaped by power relations; we portray emotion as a charge (of energy) attached to ideas or signifiers. We analyse transcripts from a small group solving problems in mathematics class, and from an individual student. The structural phase of analysis identifies positions available to subjects in the specific setting, using Bernstein's sociological approach to pedagogic discourse. The textual phase examines the use of language and other signs in interaction and describes the positionings taken up by particular pupils. We then focus on indicators of emotion, and find indications of excitement and anxiety, linked to participants' positionings. Finally we consider implications of our approach.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Research Areas: | A. > School of Science and Technology |
| Item ID: | 646 |
| Notes on copyright: | Post-print version as permitted by Springer. |
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| Depositing User: | Repository team |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Dec 2008 14:26 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2022 02:08 |
| URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/646 |
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