Education- Gender and Differential Achievement Flashcards
Who generally get better results in primary school National Curriculum tests?
Girls
Who generally get better results in most GCSE subjects?
Girls
Who are generally more likely to pass their A-levels?
Girls
Who are generally more likely to go on to university?
Women
What do Mitsos and Browne say?
Teaching has become feminised
What does education becoming feminised mean?
Women are more likely to be class teachers (especially in primary schools) which gives girls positive role models
How have textbooks and teaching resources changed?
They are less likely to stereotype girls into passive roles
How did the National Curriculum help the feminisation of education?
It forced girls to do traditionally ‘male’ subjects such as science
What do Swann and Graddol think?
High female achievement is a result of the quality of interaction they have with teachers- teacher spend time with girls to help with work but teacher spend time with boys to focus on behaviour management
What does Jackson say?
Schools label boys negatively which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy
What problems does Archer say that girls still face at school?
- High-achieving Asian girls get negatively labelled as being incapable of independent thought
- Black working-class girls are negatively labelled as loud and aggressive
- Ongoing achievement of girls is ‘fragile and problematic’
How does the way that girls are socialised help them at school?
They are socialised to be quieter, to listen to authority figures and to read more which is better suited to a classroom environment
How have policies changed the values of society and attitudes in school?
The Equal Pay Act and Sex Discrimination Act have created more equal opportunities
What did Sharpe find about girls’ ambitions?
They now want careers and qualification and to be financially independent, also by seeing other women go out to work it provides a positive role model
How did feminism benefit girls in education?
Caused a change in female expectations and made people more aware of inequality
