Numbers and Nerds: Exploring Portrayals of Mathematics and Mathematicians in Children's Media

Autor/inn/en	Hall, Jennifer; Suurtamm, Christine
Titel	Numbers and Nerds: Exploring Portrayals of Mathematics and Mathematicians in Children's Media
Quelle	In: International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 15 (2020) 3, (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1306-3030
Schlagwörter	Mass Media Role; Socialization; Mathematics; Personality Traits; Books; Video Games; Films; Web Sites; Television; Programming (Broadcast); Elementary School Students; Student Attitudes; Stereotypes; Professional Personnel; Mathematics Education; Self Concept; Foreign Countries; Grade 4; Grade 8; Gender Differences; Instructional Program Divisions; Error Patterns; Popular Culture; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socialisation; Sozialisation; Mathematik; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Film; Web-Design; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Programmgestaltung; Schülerverhalten; Klischee; Personalbestand; Mathematische Bildung; Selbstkonzept; Ausland; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Geschlechterkonflikt; Fehlertyp; Popkultur; Kanada
Abstract	Media play an important role in young people's lives as an agent of socialization, both generally and with regard to mathematics. To understand the mathematics-related messages disseminated to young people via popular media, we analyzed portrayals of mathematics and mathematicians in over 40 media examples (television shows, movies, websites, video games, and books). Notably, the selection of media was based on elementary students' responses to a questionnaire about their media favourites, thus enabling an analysis of the messages to which students are exposed during typical media use. While there were differences in the portrayals across the media types, the messages disseminated consistently related to the invisibility of mathematics, narrow views of mathematics, and stereotypical portrayals of mathematicians. Such messages are problematic as they can influence young people's views of mathematics and mathematicians, as well as of themselves as mathematics learners. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01