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Developing a ‘leading identity’: the relationship between students’ mathematical identities and their career and higher education aspirations
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“Furthermore, several articles departing from different perspectives on identity development suggest that entering a dialogue with adolescents and discussing the importance and implications of what they learned in school for their personal development may help adolescents to connect what is taught in school to their out-of-school daily lives (Black et al. 2010; Brickhouse et al. 2000; Flum and”
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- Authors
- Black, L., Williams, J., Hernandez-Martinez, P., Davis, P., Pampaka, M., & Wake, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Black, Laura
- Venue
- Educational Studies in Mathematics
- Published
- 2009-11-25
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 55-72
- ISSN
- 0013-1954 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-0816
- OpenAlex
- W2087190663
- Cited by
- 119
- References
- 31
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- FWCI
- 4.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- dspace.lboro.ac.uk
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Educational Studies in Mathematics (publishedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
- Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Loughborough University Research Repository (Loughborough University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Economic and Social Research Council (RES-139-25-0241, ES/F03833X/1)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Psychology of Development and Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Career Development and Diversity
- Keywords
- mathematical identity, leading activity, cultural-historical activity theory, career aspirations, higher education aspirations, student motivation, identity construction, mathematics education, post-compulsory education, use value, exchange value
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