RUME 25
2023
Omaha, Nebraska
Creativity and Subjectivity: Two Researchers’ Poetic Re-Presentations of Critical Student Perspectives of Mathematical Success
Page: 1117
Dismantling notions of objectivity in the qualitative research process necessitates engaging research subjectivity in meaningful and explicit ways. Poetic transcription methodology allows for an entry point into conversations around research subjectivity. In the context of a critical exploration into students’ definitions of their own mathematical success, the poetic transcription results of two researchers are comparatively analyzed to highlight structural and thematic (mis)alignments in researchers’ poetic interpretations of students’ definitions of mathematical success. We emphasize both the scholarly value and uncertainty that the results of such a comparison produce and discuss how future work might build on these comparisons and on our understanding of what poetic transcription can bring to mathematics education.