1.3.11 Gender & ethnicity policies

Question 1

What are policies that have been put in place to reduce gender differences in subject choice?

Answer 1

• GIST - Girls Into Science & Technology.
  -WISE - Women Into Science & Engineering.

Question 2

What are policies that have been put in place to encourage boys to focus on education?

Answer 2

• Dads & Sons Campaign.
• Literacy hours.
• Raising Boys Achievement Programme.
• Coursework being removed/reduced.

Question 3

What are the 3 phases that policies aimed at raising achievement of pupil from ethnic backgrounds gone through?

Answer 3

• Assimilation.
• Multicultural education.
• Social inclusion.

Question 4

What is assimilation?

Answer 4

• Assimilating pupils from minorities into mainstream British culture by helping those who did not have English as a first language.
• Critics argue that underachievement is a cause of poverty or racism.

Question 5

What is multicultural education?

Answer 5

• Aimed to promote achievement by valuing all cultures in the curriculum by raising pupil self esteem.
  -critics argue black pupil don’t fail due to a lack of self esteem.

Question 6

What is social inclusion?

Answer 6

• Detailed monitoring of exam results by ethnicity.
• Amending race relations act to place a legal duty on promoting racial equality in school.
• critic argue it is a soft approach focusing on culture rather than the structural causes.