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Prevalence of Molecular Markers of Resistance to Antimalarial Drugs Three Years After Perennial Malaria Chemoprevention in Sierra Leone Open
Background Monitoring parasite resistance to antimalarial drugs is essential for detecting potential changes in drug efficacy. This study assessed the prevalence of molecular markers of resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), chloroq…
Gender Attitudes Within and Between European Countries: Regional Variations Matter Open
The current paper reports systematic variations of people’s attitudes toward gender and gendered roles between countries and regions in Europe, making regional and national comparisons simultaneously visible on the same scale over time. We…
View article: PA-466 Factors associated with coverage of three doses of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants with Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine: a cross-sectional community-based survey in Sierra Leone
PA-466 Factors associated with coverage of three doses of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants with Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine: a cross-sectional community-based survey in Sierra Leone Open
Background Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) is a malaria control strategy consisting of the administration of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine alongside routine immunizations. IPTi has been renamed as Perennial Malar…
An Extended Regional Gender Gaps Index (eRGGI): Comparative Measurement of Gender Equality at Different Levels of Regionality Open
Gender equality has been widely explored, but there is limited research investigating its variability at regional level. This paper aims to fill this gap by developing and validating a new, regional gender gaps index, compatible with previ…
View article: Special Issue: “advancing funds of identity theory”
Special Issue: “advancing funds of identity theory” Open
This special issue on Funds of Identity, guest edited by Moises Esteban-Guitart, is comprised of six research papers and Esteban-Guitart’s response, with collective support from Julian Williams and...
View article: Realigning Funds of Identity with struggle against capital: the contradictory unity of use and exchange value in cultural fields
Realigning Funds of Identity with struggle against capital: the contradictory unity of use and exchange value in cultural fields Open
The Funds of Knowledge (FOK) and Funds of Identity (FOI) approaches have demonstrated potential in engaging school curricula with the lived experiences of disadvantaged communities. However, both approaches are not without critique. Our ow…
Gender differences in mathematics outcomes at different levels of locality to inform policy and practice Open
This paper reports research into the relationship between personal and contextual variables and gendered differences in students’ attainment in mathematics that take account of ‘place’ at different levels of intra-national locality (i.e. r…
View article: Our commitment at this time of continuing struggle against oppression and structural inequalities
Our commitment at this time of continuing struggle against oppression and structural inequalities Open
To “the fierce urgency of now”(Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ‘I Have a Dream’ speech at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963)As we continue to confront crises, turmoil, and struggles for justi...
Economics of Surveillance Open
Surveillance is the action by an individual or organization to collect information on the activities, actions and statements of another individual or group.The origin of the word surveillance is rooted in the portmanteau of the french word…
View article: Closing a challenging year, strengthening relevant scholarship in cultural studies of mind and activity
Closing a challenging year, strengthening relevant scholarship in cultural studies of mind and activity Open
We end a year marked by a global pandemic that has taken the lives of more than a million people globally, and has exacerbated and made more visible social and economic inequities that disproportio...
View article: Long-term and current concerns in CHAT scholarship, and a dedication to Gordon Wells
Long-term and current concerns in CHAT scholarship, and a dedication to Gordon Wells Open
In support of social movements that fight for freedom and liberation, and against racial and ecological injustices, we take the opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to scholarship that cares abou...
Integrating thematic analysis with cluster analysis of unstructured interview datasets: an evaluative case study of an inquiry into values and approaches to learning mathematics Open
A novel approach to integrating Cluster Analysis (CA) within qualitative inquiry is presented, grounded in a large, unstructured dataset from open and rather unstructured interviews. This dataset was previously subjected to typical (theory…
View article: Humanity’s leading activity: survival, of the humanity of our species
Humanity’s leading activity: survival, of the humanity of our species Open
In the midst of ongoing and unprecedented global crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, we open the present issue with an editorial call to scholars worldwide about learning in and from th...
On the compatibility of dialogism and dialectics: the case of mathematics education and professional development Open
We argue that the distinction between dialogue (after Bakhtin) and dialectics(after Hegel, Marx, Vygotsky), is of key importance to learning-teaching and tomathematics education. Some followers of Bakhtin have argued that theseconcepts are…
View article: Acknowledging changes and the challenges ahead
Acknowledging changes and the challenges ahead Open
We live in challenging times. Ongoing problems of social and ecological injustice – exacerbated by the climate crisis, unabashed neoliberalist greed, and the rise of racism and nationalisms across ...
View article: ‘Critical uses’ of knowledge and identity: Embedded mathematics as a site for/of class struggle in educational praxis
‘Critical uses’ of knowledge and identity: Embedded mathematics as a site for/of class struggle in educational praxis Open
This paper considers what the praxis of ‘Funds of Knowledge/Identity’ (FoK/I) might offer to researchers and practitioners of mathematics education. Building on a critique of FOK/FOI as reflecting cultural capital (in Bourdieu’s sense) we …
View article: Prolepsis and boundary crossings in the development of <i>Mind, Culture, and Activity</i>
Prolepsis and boundary crossings in the development of <i>Mind, Culture, and Activity</i> Open
As the editorial team of Mind, Culture, and Activity (MCA), we write with a sense of urgency in regenerating our commitment to our collective history while strengthening our efforts to welcome new ...
Introduction Open
This section introduces interdisciplinarity in theory, and its conceptualization for policy and practice, with a view to developing the research in this subfield as a cumulative, scientific enterprise. The three chapters are outlined. Then…
Introduction to Interdisciplinary Mathematics Education Open
The purpose of this chapter is to preface, and introduce, the content of this book, but also to help clarify concepts and terms addressed, set the stage by summarising our previous work, and issue some caveats about our limitations. We wil…
View article: Identification with early primary school mathematics: a home–school activity theory conceptualisation and methodology
Identification with early primary school mathematics: a home–school activity theory conceptualisation and methodology Open
This paper offers a new methodology for researching children’s identifications in the early primary phase that makes visible the ‘seeds’ of academic dis-/identities, which typically flower later in adolescence. We focus on the ‘case’ of ma…
Regional differences count: An intra-national exploration of gender (in)equality in mathematics education Open
Research on gender differences in mathematics has received a lot of attention but has failed to explain important patterns across cultures and geographies. Most of the comparative research on this topic has been carried out at national lev…