A Stigmatising Stereotype or a Universal Gap in Expectations? Lessons in Mathematics in the Perception of Polish and Ukrainian Students

• Authors: Dorota Turska

Abstracts

EN

Referring to the results of the authors’ own research published in The New Educational Review (Turska, Bernacka 2010; Turska 2011), this article attempts at competitive verification of a hypothesis that explains differences in the perception of a mathematics teacher by Polish male and female students in view of a popular stereotype that Mathematics is a domain for males. It was assumed that diverse perceptions may result from different interpersonal expectations of the two genders. A comparative study carried out on a group of Ukrainians, established in accordance with the principles of ecological validity, seems to further substantiate the stigmatising effect of the stereotype in Poland.

Keywords

EN

stereotypes; mathematics as a domain for males; interpersonal expectations

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 31
• Pages: 263-272

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Dorota Turska

• Maria Curie Skłodowska University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.13.31.1.23

Biblioteka Nauki

26469815