Education: DEA gender

Question 1

Mitsos and Browne argues…

Answer 1

The way pupils are assessed favour girl

Question 2

Mac and Ghaill

Answer 2

Working class boys are experiencing a ‘crisis of masculinity’ and their future is fixed (eg: bread winners)

Question 3

Wragg argues…

Answer 3

working class boys give up on their education as it’s irrelevant to many jobs.
They exaggerate masculinity throughout anti-school subcultures

Question 4

Jackson argues…
and slee argues…

Answer 4

Jackson argues… league tables has improved opportunity’s for girls
Slee argues… boys are less attractive to good schools, their seen as ‘liability students’

Question 5

Yougov argues

Answer 5

there is a lack of role models causing boys to underachieve