Subject choice and perezhivanie in mathematics : A longitudinal case study
Journal article
Ng, Clarence. (2021). Subject choice and perezhivanie in mathematics : A longitudinal case study. Educational Studies in Mathematics. 107(3), pp. 547-563. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-021-10050-3
Authors | Ng, Clarence |
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Abstract | This prospective study adopted Vygotsky’s concept of perezhivanie to examine students’ lived experiences in learning mathematics and how they were related to subject choice plans and actual decisions. Most research has considered students’ mathematics subject choice as a decision predictable using important cognitive and social variables. Due attention has not been given to examining how students’ lived experiences in learning mathematics relate and contribute to their subject choice plans and decisions over time. Perezhivanie is a psychological structure for understanding dynamic influences derived from personal and contextual sources. In this study, two case studies were crafted using multiple data sources including interviews, observations, surveys and fieldnotes collected over three years on two achieving students who had studied in the same class. Despite this shared context, their perezhivanija differed, revealing complex dynamic interplay between factors derived from personal and external realms. This study described the identified perezhivanija of these two students and explained how they were related to their subject choice plans and their eventual subject choice decisions. The findings revealed that perezhivanija, including both heightened experiences and meta-experiences, were vital personal sources informing subject choice plans and decisions. |
Keywords | subject choice; advanced mathematics; case study; motivation; perezhivanie; sociocultural influence |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Educational Studies in Mathematics |
Journal citation | 107 (3), pp. 547-563 |
Publisher | Springer |
ISSN | 0013-1954 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-021-10050-3 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85103418780 |
Page range | 547-563 |
Funder | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 31 Mar 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 11 Mar 2021 |
Deposited | 14 Jul 2021 |
ARC Funded Research | This output has been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001 |
Grant ID | DP140101431 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8w5x8/subject-choice-and-perezhivanie-in-mathematics-a-longitudinal-case-study
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