The knowledge produced through student drawings

Bibliographic Details
Title: The knowledge produced through student drawings
Authors: Vesife Hatisaru
Source: Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 13 (2022)
Publisher Information: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022.
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: LCC:Psychology
Subject Terms: draw-a-mathematician-test, draw-a-mathematics-classroom-test, legitimation code theory, student drawings, mathematics education, Psychology, BF1-990
More Details: Drawings have been extensively used as a research method to gather data from research participants including school students regarding their perceptions of mathematics and its teaching and learning. What is valued in drawing-based research in mathematics education, and what kind of knowledge is produced through student drawings, however, is not known. This study examines drawing-based research studies to understand these questions by applying a novel framework – the legitimation code theory (LCT). The study focuses on two cases: one of which looked at middle school students’ images of mathematicians (draw a mathematician) and the other examined the same age group students’ descriptions of mathematics classrooms (draw a mathematics classroom). Within both studies, greater emphases are on the students’ perceptions relating to the discipline-related issues such as teaching and learning of mathematics, mathematics classroom experiences, and practices and tools of mathematicians. Students’ perceptions of the mathematics discipline and their attitudes toward mathematics and perceptions of the attributes of mathematicians are also a focus. The study offers the LCT approach to critically analyze the drawing-based research in the mathematics education field to contribute to the production of significant and needed knowledge in the field.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1664-1078
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1042383/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1042383
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/02021204d8d947099f654251aafb2cd1
Accession Number: edsdoj.02021204d8d947099f654251aafb2cd1
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
More Details
ISSN:16641078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1042383
Published in:Frontiers in Psychology
Language:English