boys and achieement internal factors Flashcards
what are the main things that affect boys achievement internally?
the feminisation of education, the shortage of male primary school teachers , the teachers interaction and laddish subcultures
what did sewll report about education?
claimed that boys fall behind in education because its been feminised
how does sewell argue education has been feminised?
he says schools do not nurture maculine traits like competition and leadership. instaed they celebrate qualities more associated with girls such as methodcal working in things like courcework
how can sewell point be evaluated?
weiner agues how the media has exagerrated the extent and nature of any problem for example course work has been removed from gsce yet gils still achive more
what did francis?
boys recieved more attention but thats because they were more deciplined harshly. it could lead to a negetive view of the education system which can impact achievement. due to being laballed negatively-teacher interaction
an A03 for francis pointof teacher interactions?
you can not isolate gender from other factors that affect teacher interaction with students like class as the wc are giving a negetive label
how does the shortage of male teachers affect achievement?
because some socologiist would argue how a female teacher can not decipline a male student properly as 42% of boys say they behave better with a male teacher than a female and they work harder
what did read find?
that there was that there were two type of discourcse teacher used the disciplianrain and lberal dicourcse
what is disciplianrian discourse and what is liberal discource ?
disciplinarian(using loud tone of voice for authority seen as the more masculine one) and liberal(speaks to the pupils like they are an adult and more calmly seen as the feminine one)
what did read find about the two discources?
both male and female used it evenly not just on gender did proving the point on the shortage of male teacher and dicipline female teacher give
what did epstein argue?
boys are more likely to get harrased , and labelled as sissies or homophopic language for doing there school work which stop most of them from trying as doing school work is seen to most boys as been unmasculine and feminine
an A03 for laddish subcultures?
it mostly affects the wc as they are the ones who typically have these cultures so its more of a class issue than gender
what is the moral panic?
critics of feminism will argue how policies that promote girls education are no longer needed as women are taking mens jobs and girks have succeded at the expense of boys who are now at a didadvantage
what does ringrose agrue?
the moral panic a shift in educational policies which are now preoccupied with rasing boys achievement they neglect issues problems with ethnic minorities and working class also bulling and sexual harrasment
