education -gender Flashcards
(20 cards)
sharp
girls ambitions in the 70s were love and marriage now they are careers and independence result of feminism and equal pay act
equal pay act
allowed for women to pursue careers and gave them more of an incentive to try in education
boaler
school is now more meritocratic so girls have equal opportunities
gist and wise
promote equal opportuniste for girl in stem
wiener
gender stenotypes have now been challenged and removed from educational material
mitos and browne
since introduction of course work girls have done better due to them being more organised
francis
boys receive more attention only because they were disciplined more pick on more and had lower expectations
swann
boys dominated discussions and girls listened teachers prefer the girls behaviour
jackson
high achieving girls are attractive to school which creates sfp as they will go to a good school
slee
boys are less attractive to schools as they bring behavioural challenges
archer
to gain status from peers wc girl tried to gain symbolic capital which puts them at conflict with the school
evans
girls wanted to achieve so they could help their families
sewell
boys underachieve as school has become feminised and docent embody masculine traits anymore
there is also a lack of male role models
epstein
pro school wc boys are labelled as gay and subject to abuse
byrne
teachers expect boys to be tough and girls to be gentle
murphy
girls spend time reading stories and boys spend time reading information
browne and ross
hen asked to draw a boat boys drew battle ships while girls drew cruise ships highlighting a difference in gender domains
connell
schools reproduce the dominance of heterosexual masculinity and the subordination of female identities
lees
boys called girls slags but there was no equivalent for males
mac and ghaill
male teachers reenforced gender identities by telling boys off for behaving like girls
