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Gender issues in adult and vocational mathematics education

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This paper will attempt to provide a critical analysis of some of the social and political contexts of mathematics education in the adult and vocational education and training sectors with particular reference to gender issues. After a brief overview of recent policy developments and a review of papers selected from the literature on gender equity, it will then compare and contrast curricular constraints of previous and current political eras, and use some text by way of illustration to argue that vocational education and training in mathematics neither serves the interests of the individual student nor the (potential) employer, and is far removed from seriously addressing issues of gender equity.

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FitzSimons, G.E. Gender issues in adult and vocational mathematics education. Math Ed Res J 9, 292–311 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03217320

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