boys and achievement Flashcards
what do boys say about male teachers
they make them behave better
evaluation point of men being more disciplinary than women
Francis - 2/3 of 7 to 8 year olds did not mind gender
Read - The culture is feminised, there are two types of discourses
disciplinarian discourse
authrotu is explicit and teacher is strict therefore more control
liberal discourse
authority is implicit, teacher treats child like adult
what did read find
out of 51 primary school teachers,
female teachers are just as likely to use disciplinarian discourse
what did Epstein find about working class boys
they are more likely to be harassed and subjected to homophobic abuse and labelling
they are more concerned with being labelled than girls
school work is seen as feminine so they reject It
what is moral panic about boys
the female empowerment has lead to boys being disadvantaged - ignoring girls problems in education
policies have been changed e.g. equal opportunities has been narrowed to include boys
what did Norman and byrnesuggest about gender role socialisation in education
- boys and girls are treated differently
Byrne suggested teachers encourage boys to be tough, and girls to be quiet and helpful
what does gender role socialisation lead to in education
girls and boys develop different tastes in reading, leading to subject choice
what are gender domains
tasks that genders see as male or female territory e.g. playing football, having a tear party
what did Browne and ross, and Murphy suggest about gender domains
Browne and ross - beliefs are shaped by early expectations of adults
Murphy - genders pay attention to different things girls emotions and boys ar how things work
what are gendered subject images
- determines who will choose the subject
what did Kelly argue about gendered subject images
- science is seen as a boys subject due to teachers being men, dominating the lab and examples being drawn on boys
evaluate gendered subject images
- single sex schools
- Leonard found girls are more likely to take science and maths and boys are more likely to take English in single sex school
what is gender identity and peer pressure
genders less likely to choose subjects outside of domain for risk of being labelled
