Education Gender Diff🤍

Question 1

Sewell

Epstein

Answer 1

• Education is to feminised- coursework should be replaced with exams- more outdoor activities
• boys are more likely to be harassed and called seats if they try to hard in skl

Question 2

Youngov

Mitosis& browne

Answer 2

• 39% of 8-11 year olds had no male teachers- no role model
• however due to the increase in women being head teacher- shows girls can achieve highly- not just for traditional roles
• girls were more successful in coursework- more organised- spent more time on their work

Question 3

Francis

Answer 3

Boys were disciplined more harshly- felt picked on- had expectations lowered by teacher

Question 4

Dcsf(external)

Answer 4

Parents spend less time reading to their sons- focus more on sport- little to help language development

Question 5

Mitsos+ Browne (external)

Answer 5

Globalisation means less need for manual jobs- boys have an identity crisis- try less in skl

Question 6

Hyper heterosexual feminine identities

Answer 6

Sociologists found that some girls cared more about their appearance & and having a bf then their ed
- teachers saw that girls appearances distracted them from their education