3⃣.2⃣gender Differences In Education) External Factors And Girls Achievement

Question 0

How did the influence of feminism contributed to the improvement in girls achievement

Answer 0

⚫️since 1960
➡️they challenged patriarchy in all areas of social life
➡️rejected the traditional stereotypes 
➡️of women inferior to men 
➡️in home,work,education and law 

⚫️they had impact on women’s right and opportunities
➡through campaigns to win changes in the law
➡️e.g. In equal pay, outlawing rape in marriages etc

⚫️feminist ideas likely to have affected girls self image and aspirations
➡️so more motivated to do well in education

Question 1

Name the four external factors that have contributed to the improvement in girls achievement

Answer 1

⚫️the influence of feminism

⚫️girls changing perception and ambitions

⚫️changes in the family

⚫️changes in women’s employment

Question 2

How did girls changing perceptions and ambitions contributed to the improvements in girls achievement

Answer 2

⚫️sharpe
➡️compared her two studies of w/c girls
➡️in the 1970s and 1990s
➡️she found that

⚫️in 1970s
➡️girls priorities were
➡️love, marriage, husbands, children, jobs and careers
➡️saw future as domestic role & no paid work

⚫️in 1990s
➡️priorities switched to careers and being able to be independent

Question 3

Due to sharpe study on girls changing perception and ambitions, explain how this impacts on girls attitudes towards and achievement in education

Answer 3

⚫️francis found
➡️girls now has high career aspirations
➡️so needed educational qualifications

Question 4

What are the factors of changes in the family

Answer 4

⚫️major changes in the family since 1970s

⚫️increase in divorce rate
➡️40% marriages now end like this

⚫️more line parent families
➡️90% female headed

⚫️more cohabitation
➡️and decrease in first marriages

⚫️smaller families
➡️more women staying single

Question 5

How did changes in the family improved girls achievement

Answer 5

⚫️women have more 
➡️need and opportunity 
➡️to be economically independent
➡️gives them more motivation to do well educationally
➡️and get good qualifications

Question 6

How did changes in the law improved the position of working women

Answer 6

⚫️the 1970 equal pay act and 1975 sex discrimination act
➡️give women more employment rights

⚫️since 1975
➡️pay gap between men and women
➡️has almost halves

⚫️as a result of these changes
➡️girls today have more incentive to see their future
➡️in terms of paid work
➡️creates an incentive for them to gain qualifications