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(2014) . Counting or caring: Examining a nursing aide’s third eye using Bourdieu’s  \nconcept of habitus. Adults Learning Mathematics: An International Journal, 9(1), 69-83  \nCounting or Caring: Examining a Nursing Aide’s Third Eye Using  \nBourdieu’s Concept of Habitus  \nMaria C. Johansson  \nMalmö University, Sweden  \n\u003C[maria.c.johansson@mah.se](maria.c.johansson@mah.se)>  \nAbstract  \nThis article is derived from analysis of observations and an interview with, Anita, a nursing aide, who was followed in her work in a semi-emergency unit in Sweden. Based on an analysis of this information, it is suggested that the process of going from school to a workplace can be viewed as a transition between different mathematical activities, which involve and require learning. Although it is easy to see transitions occurring between different contexts, they may also occur within the boundaries of a workplace and be connected to critical moments in the execution of work tasks. Adopting a social critical perspective, this article initiates a discussion about the transitions between potentially mathematical activities in work and how the values given to these different activities can be understood. It is further suggested there is difficulty in recognizing some activities in work, because, often, they are over-shadowed by other competences and components needed in work, such as caring.  \nKey words: workplace mathematics; capital; habitus; transition; nursing aide  \nIntroduction  \nAdults’mathematics learning takes place in a wide range of settings throughout life. Notwithstanding this, many of us have school mathematics as a reference for learning mathematics. The focus on mathematics within the context of schooling may make it difficult for one to detect and understand what mathematics may become in other spheres in life. In this article, I investigate potentially mathematical activities in a nursing aide’s work using Bourdieu’s (1992, 2000) concept of habitus 11 , while taking into account that my previous experience as a vocational teacher of mathematics has influenced what I am able to see and understand.  \nThe feeling of having a limited understanding of mathematics in workplaces, and a curiosity to learn more about this has been the driving force for my work. I became aware of my limited understanding of workplace mathematics when I worked as a mathematics teacher in vocational education and prepared tasks on intravenous drips. The students were to become nursing aides  \n11  \nHabitus is at its most basic definition human’s dispositions to act in the social world.  \nVolume 9(1)– April 2014 69  \nand I produced tasks on different drip speed, drip size, and concentrations of active substances. Having received help from a nurse, the tasks seemed realistic, with proper substances and so on. I was very happy with the tasks, until the students reacted with stress, anxiety and fear. Almost crying, they asked me if tasks such as these were really the responsibility of nursing aides’. I tried to calm them down and apologized several times for giving them inappropriate tasks, but I was left with a feeling of how limited I was in understanding the practice they were heading for.  \nFurthermore, I became more and more in doubt about school mathematics as being useful outside of school, although its relevance is often justified in this way (Dowling, 2005) . The differences between mathematics taught in schools compared to mathematics in workplaces may have consequences for how adults’competence in workplaces is regarded (Gustafsson & Mouwitz, 2008, see also Björklund Boistrup & Gustafsson, in press) . In addition, Wake (2013) suggests that workers sometimes do not even consider that what they are doing is related to mathematics, but rather to a goal-directed, workplace activity.  \nIt is obvious that the use of mathematics in the work of nursing aides is situated in a certain context, influenced by many factors, such as the workplace organiz","cbCaidVP87bCBmjC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidVP87bCBmjC","pdf",384479,16,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Mathematics in work","[{\"question\":\"How does the article view transitions between school and workplace activities?\",\"answer\":\"It treats the shift from school to workplace as a transition between different mathematical activities that involve and require learning, including transitions occurring within workplace boundaries.\"},{\"question\":\"What theoretical concepts does the article use to analyze workplace mathematics?\",\"answer\":\"It applies Bourdieu’s concept of habitus and capital to interpret how values are assigned to potentially mathematical activities in work.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is workplace mathematics sometimes hard to recognize in the article?\",\"answer\":\"The article argues that some activities are difficult to identify because they may be overshadowed by other competences needed for work, such as caring.\"}]","Counting or Caring - Examining a Nursing Aide’s Third Eye Using Bourdieu’s Concept of Habitus | PDF",1792065509]