eprintid: 1525680
rev_number: 11
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datestamp: 2016-11-04 19:11:09
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type: book_section
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creators_name: Crafter, S
title: Making sense of homework: parental resources for understanding mathematical homework in multicultural settings. : Learning, Social Interaction and Diversity - Exploring Identities in School Practices
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
abstract: Parental involvement in children?s homework is strongly endorsed and encouraged by political and educational policy in the UK. However, involvement in mathematics homework is said to be particularly problematic for parents because of changes to the curriculum since their own schooling, the introduction of multitudinous mathematical strategies at school, and in the case of multicultural communities, an ever-increasing heterogeneity of learning experiences amongst parents. Using the theoretical framework of cultural models and cultural settings this chapter examines the kinds of resources parents use to make sense of their child?s mathematics homework. Two parental resources for making sense of mathematics homework are scrutinized: (a) the child, and (b) cultural models of child development. The interviews with twenty-two parents revealed that these resources were highly intangible and often symbolic models which were open to misunderstandings, resistances and transformations. Also, the child could be an active or resistant co-constructor of these resources which subsequently informed the homework setting.
date: 2012-05
date_type: published
publisher: Sense Publishers
elements_id: 1074920
isbn_13: 9789460918018
lyricists_name: Crafter, Sarah
lyricists_id: SCRAF18
full_text_status: restricted
series: Learning, Social Interaction and Diversity - Exploring Identities in School Practices
place_of_pub: Rotterdam
pagerange: 53-68
book_title: Learning, Social Interaction and Diversity - Exploring Identities in School Practices
editors_name: Hjörne, E
editors_name: van der Aalsvoort, G
editors_name: Abreu, GD
citation:        Crafter, S;      (2012)    Making sense of homework: parental resources for understanding mathematical homework in multicultural settings. : Learning, Social Interaction and Diversity - Exploring Identities in School Practices.                    In: Hjörne, E and van der Aalsvoort, G and Abreu, GD, (eds.) Learning, Social Interaction and Diversity - Exploring Identities in School Practices. (pp. 53-68).   Sense Publishers: Rotterdam.      
 
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