educational achievement- gender

Question 1

give one statistic in regards to the difference of achievement between girls and boys

Answer 1

in terms of students getting 5 GCSEs at A*-C, the gap between girls and boys grew throughout the last decade to reach nearly 9% in 2016 in favour of girls

Question 2

what are the two gender roles according to Parsons

Answer 2

• expressive
• instrumental

Question 3

what does Croall and Moses(1990) find in regards to teacher interaction

Answer 3

• girls receive less of the teachers time than boys do
• boys are more likely to be involved in negative interactions with the teacher, suggesting that some boys may be labelled in a negative way

Question 4

what does Spender(1983) say about teacher interaction?

Answer 4

teachers spend more time interacting with boys than girl