(Mis)Taken Identities: Reclaiming Identities of the "Collective Black" in Mathematics Education Research Through an Exercise in Black Specificity

• Published in: Review of research in education Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 228 - 252
• Main Authors: Gholson, Maisie L., Wilkes, Charles E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.03.2017
• Subjects: Adolescents; African American Children; Children; Ethnic Stereotypes; Ethnicity; Mathematics; Mathematics Education; Racial Identification

This chapter reviews two strands of identity-based research in mathematics education related to Black children, exemplified by Martin (2000) and Nasir (2002). Identity-based research in mathematics education is a burgeoning field that is disrupting narratives around the meanings of mathematical comp...