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Identities, Diversity and Education

IPSE has developed a rich strand of new theoretical understandings about young people’s social identities and educational experiences through our research on the diverse identities, aspirations and relationships of young learners, their parents and communities.

Our expertise and interests include:

• Student identities and experiences in schooling
• Learning and gender, ‘race’ and social class
• Transitions, pathways and ‘choice’
• Diversity, equality and citizenship
• Aspirations and achievements of diverse groups
• Media representations of learning and learners
• Urban and rural youth
  
  

Research Projects

• Language Diversity and Attainment in English Secondary Schools
• Evaluation of the Black Childrens' Achievement Pilot (BCAP)
• The Influence of New Media Technologies used in Learning on Young People's Career Aspirations
  
• Mathematical Images and Identities
• Identities, Educational choices and the White Urban Middle-classes
• Addressing Diversity through the Curriculum
• The impact of the depiction of work in TV drama on young people’s career aspirations and choices
  
  

Key Publications include:

Mendick (2006) Mathematics and Masculinity, Open University Press

• IPSE Publications on this theme

IPSE staff working in this field include: Allen, Hollingworth, Hutchings, Leathwood, Maylor, Quinn, Ross.