Gender: Inside Of School Factors, Why Girls Do Better - Changes To The Education System

Question 1

Education reform act 1988

Answer 1

• The education reform act brought about significant changes to the education system which had several implications for the achievement of girls in school including the introduction of the national curriculum, GCSE and coursework, girls in science and technology and women in science and engineering
• it aimed to create a more standardised and competitive education system with the introduction of the national curriculum insuring that girls had access to the same subjects as boys while the emphasis on coursework and GCSEs may have played to some girls strengths