Girls - Internal factors affecting achievement Flashcards
(15 cards)
Liberal Feminists - Equal Opportunity policies:
GIST = Girls into Science and Technology
WISE = Women into science and engineering
Gender Gap in achievement -
KS1-3
Girls are more likely to score higher in tests, be able to concentrate for longer, and can write their own name and spell it correctly earlier than boys.
Gender gap in achievement -
GCSE:
Girls do consistently better than boys in English.
Girls = 10% more likely to achieve 5 A*-C grades.
Gender gap in achievement -
AS + A Levels -
95.8% of girls pass 2 or more A-Levels compared to 94% of boys.
Role models -
More female teachers + headteachers than in the past, especially in primary schools.
This encourages girls to see past certain roles within their ‘gender domain’.
Coursework - Mitsos + Browne -
Girls do better than boys in coursework as they are better organised and mature earlier than boys.
Coursework: Gorard -
Found that girls’ results increased sharply when GCSE coursework was introduced.
Stereotypes in learning material: Pre 1980s and Post -
Textbooks in the past have shown girls were underrepresented and presented as subordinate to males.
Since the 1980s many sexist images have been removed, replaced w/ more positive images.
This has boosted girls’ perceptions and aspirations.
Teacher attention: Spender -
Teachers spend more time interacting with boys than girls.
Teacher attention: French + French -
Similar amounts of attention was spent on both gender for academic reasons.
But boys gain more because they are more likely to misbehave.
Teacher attention: Francis -
Teachers had lower expectations of boys and disciplined them more harshly.
Teacher attention: Swan -
Boys dominate class discussion, whilst girls prefer group work.
Selection and league tables:
Girls are more likely to be successful than boys, therefore schools try to recruit girls more than boys.
Boys are lower achieving and more badly behaved. They are seen as a ‘liability’, who will give the school a bad image.
Radical Fem: View of girls achievement -
System is still patriarchal.
Sexual harassment still occurs in school.
Male teachers are more likely to become head teachers.
Subject choice and career options are still limited for girls.
Liberal Fem: View of girls achievements -
Applaud progress in improving girls achievements. BUT! there is still further progress needed.
Develop equal opportunities.
Encourage positive role models for girls.
Overcome sexist attitudes.
Believe education is meritocratic.
