development of Gender achievements within school.

Question 1

what was Hartley and Sutton(2011) study?

Answer 1

• studied 140 children in 3 Kent primary schools.

* the children were split into 2 groups, one were told that boys did worse than girls. the other wasn’t.

Question 2

what were the findings from Hartley and Suttons study? what conclusion did they draw from it?

Answer 2

they found that boys in the first group performed significantly worse than the boys in the second. girls performed the best overall. they found that stereotyped expectations and labelling from teachers, peers etc… Are generating a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Question 3

what is banding?

Answer 3

where schools try to ensure their intakes have a spread of pupils drawn from all ability bands.

Question 4

what is streaming?

Answer 4

students are divided into groups of similar ability for all subjects.

Question 5

what is setting?

Answer 5

when teachers divide students into groups of the same ability.

Question 6

what is pupil subculture?

Answer 6

are groups of students who share values, norms and behaviour which give them a sense of group identity

Question 7

what did Mac and Ghaill (1994) find?

Answer 7

a conformist pro school subculture emerged in two male groups. he called them the ‘academic achievers.’

Question 8

what is an example of the hidden curriculum?

Answer 8

getting positive rewards fro doing something good and useful.

Question 9

what did the 2015 results for GCSE show?

Answer 9

girls are outperforming boys, 61.7% achieved at least 5 A*-C grades whereas boys achieved only 51.6%

Question 10

what changes have helped women achieve better in school.

Answer 10

• changes in the family
• changes in women’s employment
• changes in the law
• changes in the curriculum

Question 11

how much has the employment rate for women risen?

Answer 11

53% in 1971 to 67% in 2013

Question 12

what were Sharpe’s (1976-1994) findings?

Answer 12

1976- women’s goals were wives and mothers.

1994- found that it had changed to getting a job first.

Question 13

what feminist groups are encouraging girls into getting into science and technology?

Answer 13

GIST and WISE

Question 14

What is affecting male achievement in education?

Answer 14

the decline in traditional male jobs.
the curriculum changed so that it benefitted more girls.
family and peers.

Question 15

what affects gender role association?

Answer 15

socialisation
carrers
subject image
identity and peer pressure