gender and subject choice

Question 1

gender role socialisation

Answer 1

boys and girls are dressed differently, given different toys and took part in different activities from a young age.
develop different tastes and lead to different subject choices.

Question 2

gender domains

Answer 2

shaped by early experiences
children are more comfortable in what’s seen as part of their own gender domain.
girls and boys pay attention to different details in the same task.

Question 3

gender subject images

Answer 3

science teachers more likely to be male
images in textbooks often draw on boys interests
boys ‘dominate’ the lab

Question 4

single-sex schooling

Answer 4

these gender differences in subject choice are minimised in same sex schools
girls are more likely to choose stem subjects