education- gender differences in education

Question 1

external factors and gender differences in achievement

what was sue sharpes research process?

Answer 1

• 1972 and 1994
• sixthform girls
• wanted to see if their ambitions changed

Question 2

external factors and gender differences in achievement

ways girls did not change in sue sharpes research

Answer 2

• still wanted to do “womens work”
  -e.g beautician, childwork

Question 3

external factors and gender differences in achievement

ways girls ambitions did change through sue sharpes research

Answer 3

• less desire for office work
• less expectation to become shop assistants
• some interest in mechanics, engineering or firefighting
• expected to combine work and family life
• husbands expected to help
• greater stress on equality to men
• greater emphasis on having career to self support
• no desire to identify as femenist
• less positive to marriage