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Empirical Research – An Overview

Empirical Research – An Overview. Jim Ridgway Durham University Jim.ridgway@durham.ac.uk. Understanding…. Socio-cultural factors Very big national differences Poland -- England Beliefs in essential differences Political campaigns Parent pressure or support for autonomy

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Empirical Research – An Overview

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  1. Empirical Research – An Overview Jim Ridgway Durham University Jim.ridgway@durham.ac.uk

  2. Understanding… Socio-cultural factors • Very big national differences Poland -- England • Beliefs in essential differences • Political campaigns • Parent pressure or support for autonomy • Supportive or unsupportive employment legislation

  3. Understanding… Pedagogical factors • Portrayal in texts • Gendered courses (cookery vs woodwork) • School behaviour • Work hard, persist, engage, are systematic and neat, help friends • Classroom behaviour • Disrupt, volunteer, ask questions, are diligent, competitive • Teacher beliefs (Poland) in inherent differences • Teacher questioning

  4. Understanding… Impact of the digital divide • Computer studies is ‘male’ • ICT not much used in mathematics (despite the rhetoric) we need to explore this further…

  5. Understanding… Decision making • ‘pull’ and rational decision making are common claims • Big national differences in the perceived influences of parents, other students, cultural influences such as the acceptability of a ‘career woman’

  6. Implications for Action • Monitoring educational changes • STEM and the rest • Engaging policy makers (e.g. Greece, France) • Better employment legislation • Revised curricula (school and university) • the rest, as well as STEM • content and pedagogy

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