education gender

Question 1

mcrobbie on feminism for gender

Answer 1

McRobbie studied girls magazines and found that in the 1970s, they emphasised the importance of getting married. However, nowadays, they contain images of strong, assertive and independent women.

Question 2

sharpe on changing girls ambitions

Answer 2

sharpe interviewed girls and found that their ambitions in the 1970s were to marry and have children, and saw their future in terms of a domestic role. However, in the 1990s, the girls priorities had changed to careers and wanting to be independent.

Question 3

mitos and brown on gcse/coursework

Answer 3

Mitos and Brown found that girls do better than boys in coursework because they are more conscientious and better organised.

Question 4

gorad on gcse and coursework

Answer 4

Gorad found that the gender gap in achievement increased sharply when GCSE was introduced in 1988

Question 5

swann on teacher attention

Answer 5

Swann found that boys dominate class discussions, whereas girls are better at listening and cooperating. Teachers respond more positively to girls and give them more encouragement.

Question 6

french on teacher attention

Answer 6

French and French found that teachers paid boys and girls similar amounts of attention for academic reasons, but boys received more attention overall because they were disciplined more often.