Gender Inequaoity In Education Fem Disadvantage

Question 1

Skelton

Answer 1

Suggests that the hidden curriculum (such as attitudes of teachers) negatively influences subject choices.

Question 2

Kelly

Answer 2

Suggests that Science is packaged as a boys subject – Boys are allowed to dominate science classrooms and examples in textbooks are male relates e.g. cars and footballs in examples. This leads to girls being disengaged from the subject.

Question 3

Colley

Answer 3

Argues that subject choices are negatively influenced by:
-Perception of gender roles
-Subject preferences
-Learning environment

Question 4

Heaton and lawson

Answer 4

Education is patriarchal so girls are less likely to engage and don’t access education fairly to girls underachieve

Question 5

Who

Answer 5

Skelton, Kelly, Colley, heaton and Lawson