Gender educational acheivment and subject choice Flashcards
(18 cards)
Where have girls always outperformed boys and why
Early years of schooling
Bedroom skills, mums read to them more, boys want to be outside, more literate
Why was the tri-partite system unfair and how was this justified
Girls did better so their entry marks were better
Boys mature later
Where is the biggest gender gap
Among wc boys and girls
Less in mc
What scoioligist talks about gender role-socialosation
Edward and Davis
How does leisure activities help girls
They talk more with freinds, later benefitting essay tasks
Boys gain more cultural capital by being anti-school
Who believes boys won’t ask help from a teacher but at home because it is seen as weak
Kirby
What is a difference in ambitions and responses
Boys tend to be more unrealistic and deluded in what they need to do to acheive
Girls- often put more pressure on themself
Who believes in a genderquake which has changed women’s attitudes and aspiration as a response to changing economy
Wilkinson
Who beleives girl’s aspirations have changed from 1970s-90s
Sharpe
Who believes there is no difference as everyone’s job is at risk in society
Beck
Who believes in crisis of masculinity and what is it
Mac an Galli
Boys are told they should be a strong breadwinner but society is making it much harder for them to do that leading to a lack of self esteem and fatalism
Who used interviews and questionaires (quantitive) to find out how boys value a hegemonic masculinity approach and believe in disrupting and delinquent behaviour in school, while quietly working at home
Jackson
How does boy’s bad behaviour negatively impact girls
sTANDSON
Girls who do misbehave stand out as unladylike
Girl’s work is judged to a higher stamdard
What cahnges have been made to the curriculum and to what extent
More coursework and essay writing aswell as national curriculum
Favouring girls at GCSE and A level
What is the school enviorment seen to do
Favour girls - quieter, sitting still tide
What is a problem of girls chosing more essay based subject
Colley
Often end up being low paid jobs
Who beleives that factors affecting choice is partly outside the family and what are these factors
Colley
Gender stereotypes from peers and family
Eg toys and bedroom habits
What are internal factors of gender choice
Teacher’s interaction - may be more encouraging
Interactions and experiences of other students
Curriculum offering some more coursework which girls prefer
