All Feminist Education Studies

Question 1

Which Feminists argued having male staff in higher positions than women?

Answer 1

Heaton and Lawson

Question 2

Which norms and values do Heaton and Lawson argue are enforced in education?

Answer 2

Partiarchal norms and values

Question 3

How do Heaton and Lawson say patriarchal norms and values are enforced by?

Answer 3

Enforced by the hidden curriculum

Question 4

What did Sharpe find with schoolgirls’ aspirations in the 1970s?

Answer 4

They wanted to raise a family

Question 5

What did Sharpe find with schoolgirls’ aspirations in the 1990s?

Answer 5

They wanted to have a career

Question 6

Which Feminist said there had been a genderquake?

Answer 6

Wilkinson

Question 7

Where did Wilkinson say there had been a genderquake in attitudes?

Answer 7

Genderquake in attitudes to female roles in society

Question 8

Name one genderquake attitude, according to Wilson?

Answer 8

Society will more widely accept girls using school to have a career in the future

Question 9

Which Feminist talked about sexual harassment of girls in schools?

Answer 9

Banyard

Question 10

What did Banyard say about how schools treated sexual harassment in schools?

Answer 10

They did not treat it seriously

Question 11

What did Banyard say classrooms were for boys?

Answer 11

Training grounds

Question 12

What are the training grounds for, according to Banyard?

Answer 12

Training them to be real men

Question 13

Name one of the values of being a “real man” according to Banyard

Answer 13

Sexually harassing girls

Question 14

What did Stanworth find?

Answer 14

The hidden curriculum tells girls that they are less intelligent than boys

Question 15

What was the impact for girls in Stanworth’s study?

Answer 15

They would be less likely to pursue careers

Question 16

What did Basit find?

Answer 16

Teachers paid less attention to Muslim girls

Question 17

According to Basit, why did teachers pay less attention to Muslim girls?

Answer 17

They assumed they would have different aspirations

Question 18

What would teachers not do for the benefit of Muslim girls in Basit’s study?

Answer 18

Encourage them to do well in school

Question 19

What did Wright find?

Answer 19

Asian girls received less attention from teachers

Question 20

In Wright’s study, how did teachers respond to Asian girls’ traditions?

Answer 20

They were met with hostility from teachers

Question 21

Which Feminist created the idea of ‘crisis of masculinity’?

Answer 21

Mac an Ghaill

Question 22

Name 1 thing that has caused the crisis of masculinity

Answer 22

Changes in the labour market

Question 23

According to Mac an Ghaill, what has changed for women resulting in a crisis of masculinity in terms of jobs?

Answer 23

They are more likely to have jobs

Question 24

Which financial role might some women now have due to labour market changes?

Answer 24

Breadwinner role

Question 25

What has been the impact on attainment for boys due to the crisis of masculinity?

Answer 25

They have been less likely to try hard in school

Question 26

Why have boys been less likely to try hard in school due to the crisis of masculinity?

Answer 26

They do not know what their role will be in the future

Question 27

Which Feminist talked about gendered subject choice?

Answer 27

Norman

Question 28

According to Norman, what are gender domains?

Answer 28

The tasks in society that girls see as theirs or that boys see as theirs

Question 29

How will boys and girls perform when doing a task in their gender domain?

Answer 29

They will complete it more efficiently

Question 30

According to Norman, would girls or boys do better in a maths question about family finances? Why?

Answer 30

Girls, because it is more in their gender domain

Question 31

Which Feminist wanted to find out why girls and boys chose specific subjects?

Answer 31

Murphy

Question 32

In Murphy’s study, what did boys design when told to draw a ship?

Answer 32

They designed a warship

Question 33

In Murphy’s study, what did girls design when told to draw a ship?

Answer 33

A cruise ship

Question 34

What did Murphy conclude as to why girls would pick humanities subjects more often than boys?

Answer 34

They cared more about how things felt

Question 35

What did Murphy conclude as to why boys would pick science or engineering more often than girls?

Answer 35

They cared more about how things worked