Latency and Mathematics : Participation and State of Mind (original) (raw)

2011

Abstract

This paper discusses how a ‘latency’ state of mind might serve to attract a young person towards studying mathematics at university. The psychoanalytic notion of latency, understood here as characterising a typical affect-state of a primary school aged child, is explained following Kleinian object-relations theory, particularly as interpreted by Margot Waddell (1998). Through analysis of narrative style interviews, a case is made that latency attitudes may position a young person favourably for mathematical participation at times of choices and decision-making.

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