Gender

Question 1

1980s

Answer 1

Major concern with females low achievement

Question 2

1990s

Answer 2

Females began to significantly outperform males

Question 3

What class outperformed boys in 1990s?

Answer 3

Working class

Question 4

Present day

Answer 4

Males tend to be underachieving compared to females

Question 5

Who showed that gender achievement rollercoasted

Answer 5

Browne 2008

Question 6

Who does better in sats

Answer 6

Girls

Question 7

Who does better in GCSE’s

Answer 7

Girls

Question 8

What subject do boys outperform girls in GCSE’s

Answer 8

Science

Question 9

What fraction of girls achieve A*-C grades

Answer 9

2/3

Question 10

What fraction of boys achieve A*-C grades

Answer 10

1/2

Question 11

Who stays in post 16 education more

Answer 11

Girls

Question 12

Who is more likely to achieve 3 a levels

Answer 12

Girls

Question 13

Who is accepted into universities

Answer 13

Girls

Question 14

External / outside school factors for why females tend to outperform

Answer 14

Impact of feminism
Changes in women’s employment
Changes in family
Changing attitude and ambitions

Question 15

Internal / inside school factors for why females tend to outperform

Answer 15

Equal opportunities policies
Positive role models
GCSE and coursework
Stereotyping and labelling

Question 16

Sharpe 1976-1994 study

Answer 16

Just like a girl

Question 17

Sharpe

Answer 17

1976 - love marriage husbands children career

1994 - career independence then maybe relationships

Question 18

McRobbie

Answer 18

Magazines such as Jackie in the 70’s encourages women to get married in comparison to nowadays women are presented with positive role models in the media

Question 19

Mitsos and Browne

Answer 19

Economy has created more feminised careers e.g. Health care hospitality and teaching etc

Question 20

Equal pay act

Answer 20

Made it illegal to pay one sex more than the other

Question 21

Webb et al

Answer 21

Number of women in employment went fro 47% to 70% from 1959 to 2007
Pay gap decreased from 30% to 17% since 1975

Question 22

Francis

Answer 22

Interviewed girls on their future careers and since employment increased they aimed for high professions e.g. Doctors

Question 23

Weiner

Answer 23

Sexist images removed books and replaced with more positive female imagery

Question 24

In what year were GCSES and coursework introduced?

Answer 24

1988/9

Question 25

Why does coursework favour girls?

Answer 25

Spend more time Take care in presentation More organised than boys Develop better speaking in oral exams

Question 26

Swann

Answer 26

Boys dominate discussions compared to girls

Question 27

Groddal

Answer 27

Boys are more likely to attract the attention of the teacher

Question 28

Barber

Answer 28

Boys over estimate their ability whilst girls underestimate theirs

Question 29

Stanworth

Answer 29

Boys are more lie,lot to blame lack of effort or teachers for their failure

Question 30

Epstein

Answer 30

Boys are likely to be called a sissie or swot as well as being subjected to homophobic harassment

Question 31

Wikeley

Answer 31

Boys opt for scientific and mathematical subjects whereas girls take English and languages at a level

Question 32

Kelly

Answer 32

Science teachers more likely to be male Boys monopolise the equipment Text books more suited to male interests

Question 33

Paetcher

Answer 33

Girls are called butch and lesbian if involved in sport

Question 34

Connell

Answer 34

Hegemonic masculinity - dominance of heterosexual masculine identities

Question 35

Male gaze

Answer 35

Females are seen as sexual objects by a hegemonic masculine identity