Ucieczka od matematyki. Rekonstrukcja procesu w kontekście społecznego wizerunku przedmiotu
Escaping from mathematics. Reconstructing the process in the context of the social perception of mathematics

Summary/Abstract: Mathematics, as no other school subject, evokes conflicting emotions and contradictory attitudes – from “the gate to a career” and “the queen of sciences” to the widespread acceptance of mathematical ignorance in society. The process of studying mathematics requires systematic work and patience, as mathematical knowledge has a cumulative nature. In the case of mathematics education, some students are abandoning mathematics at quite early levels of education and beginning to consider themselves “humanists”, which results in serious consequences for future educational and career choices. In this paper, I propose a description of the process of escaping from mathematics in the context of students’ perception of this subject, using the results of two studies – qualitative and quantitative.

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