Boys and achievement Flashcards
What does the DCSF 2007 say?
The gender gap is mainly as a result of boys poorer literacy and language skills. Boys leisure time pursuits such as football, do little help to develop their language and communication skills.
What did Mitsos and Browne claim about the decline about the decline in male employment opportunities?
This has led to an identity crisis . Many boys have little prospect of getting a better job which undermines their motivation and self- esteem and so they give up trying to get qualifications.
what does sewell say about the feminisation of education?
Schools do not nurture ‘masculine’ traits such as competitiveness and leadership instead they celebrate more feminine qualities associated with girls such as methodical working and attentiveness in class.
Lack of male role models ?
1.5 million households are headed by lone mothers and their is a shortage in male primary school teachers therefore providing a lack of role models for boys.
Laddish subcultures ?
Epstein
working class boys are likely harassed, labeled as sissies and subjected to homophobic verbal abuse.
What does Francis state ?
Girls are moving to more traditional masculine areas such as careers, boys respond by becoming increasingly laddish in their effort to construct themselves as non-feminine
what does Ringrose state about failing boys
It’s a moral panic about that working class failing boys will grow up and become a dangerous, unemployed underclass that threatens social stability.
what are the two negative policy shift of the moral panic
1- It ignores the problem of disadvantaged working-class and minority ethnic pupils
2-It ignores other problems faced by girls in school such as sexual harassment and bullying, self- esteem and identity issues.
What does olser say about the negletment of girls.
girls often disengage from school quietly wherase boys disengagement from school often takes in the form of public displays of laddish masculinity that attracts attention.
What is the link between the class gap and the gender gap at education?
the class gap is three times wider than the gender gap
What is the difference in results from the girls in the lower class compared to the higher class.
mc girls are more likely to achieve 44 points more than wc girls. There is more class influence of a person’s achievement than gender.
