Common Threads
Subtitle: Women, Mathematics and Work
Publisher: Trentham Books
Published: June 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9781858560151
Subjects: Curriculum planning & development; Decorative arts & crafts; Gender studies; Mathematics; Work & labour; Careers - General; Careers / Job Opportunities; Sociology
Description: "Traces how, when national education systems were initially set up, school mathematics and needlework came to mark systematic differences between boys' and girls' education, and reveals the lasting influence in differentiated expectations for boys and girls all over the world. The book explores the mathematical content of a variety of textile activities worldwide and shows how these can be used in the teaching of mathematics where expectations are low or where curricula are gendered or culturaly irrelevant. It suggests how women could gain greater economic independence if the mathematics skills they acquire while learning textile crafts were formally accredited."--Page 4 of cover.