Gender And Subject Choice + Pupil Sexual Identity + Identity, Class And Gender

Question 1

The gender gap official stats: on starting school (2013) state what teacher assessments found about the achievement between boys and girls

Answer 1

2013 teacher assessments showed girls ahead of boys in all 7 areas of learning (literacy, language, maths and personal social and emotional development) - by 7-17 percentage points

Question 2

Gender gap official stats: on starting school what did the 2013 DFE study find about boys in state primary schools

Answer 2

found boys in state primary were 2.5 times more likely than girls to have statements of SEN (special educational needs)

Question 3

Gender differences official stats: during GCSE’s what percentage points is the gender gap approximately

Answer 3

The gender gap is at approximately 10 percentage points

Question 4

Gender differences official stats; state what the gender gap is like in A levels and vocational courses

Answer 4

Girls do better in maths/physics even though they are ‘boy subjects’. Girls were more likely to get A-C.
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More girls get distinction in every subject, even in minority-female subjects like engineering and construction.

Question 5

State the stat for social class differences and GCSE grades for girls in 2013

Answer 5

in 2013, only 40.6% of girls eligible for FSM achieved 5 A*-C GCSEs, compared to 67.5% of girls who did and weren’t on FSM

Question 6

Identities: what did Archer (2010) say was the cause for the differences in gender achievement

Answer 6

reason for these differences is conflict between WC girls’ female identities and the values/ethos of school

Question 7

Identities: define symbolic capital

Answer 7

status, recognition and sense of worth we get from others

Question 8

Identities: state what Archer (2010) used in their study and what they found/ what this caused

Answer 8

Archer used symbolic capital to understand the conflict
- found that the girls gained symbolic capital from their peers by performing their WC feminine identities
- However- this caused conflict with the school,

Question 9

Identities: what strategies did Archer say the girls adopted in response to the conflict with schools

Answer 9

adopting hyper-heterosexual female identity, being ‘loud’ & having a boyfriend.