Curriculum And Assessment Flashcards
1
Q
What does GCSE require?
A
Organisational skills and sustained motivation - skills that girls tend to be better at than boys
2
Q
Bleach
A
Girls favour fiction over non fiction
- they are endured by the pre 20th century texts that are essential to GCSE
- English curriculum favours girls over boys
3
Q
English curriculum favours girls over boys
A
Bleach
4
Q
Stereotypical subject choice
A
Boys pursue technical and science orientated subjects
- women pursue caring, arts, humanities and social science subjects
5
Q
Anne Colley
A
Feminist
- sees subject choice as an issue
- leads to different career paths
- women end up with low status and low paid professions
6
Q
Subject choice and career path
A
Colley
7
Q
What subjects do males take more than females
A
Chemistry, business studies, design and tech
8
Q
National curriculum
A
Reduced gender differences
- traditional beliefs about men and women lead people to choice different subjects
- girls more drawn to female teachers
- boys drawn to male teachers
