EDUCATION: gender & educational attainment Flashcards
How might primary socialisation impact educational achievement between genders?
Girls may do better as they are socialised in the family to be passive and obedient
However, there is less emphasis on gender roles
How might female emancipation and feminism impacted gender and educational attainment?
The expectations of women have now been raised.
More equal opportunities - 1970 equal pay act
More female teachers
Women can now be bread winners
More female teachers - role models
How might GIST have impacted girls’ educational attainment?
GIRLS INTO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Pushing female attainment in male dominated subjects
How was stereotypes been challenged in the education system?
Removal of gender stereotypes have been removed from learning materials that are used in the curriculum
How has the removal of heavy industry impacted girls’ education attainment?
Deindustrialisation has favoured women as there is a lesser demand for physical labour
How might cream skimming advantage girls in education but disadvantage boys?
Girls are perceived as more diligent and are therefore more desired pupils.
How might reproductive rights improve educational attainment among girls?
No longer have to strive to have children career is more important
Less chance of young girls becoming pregnant and having to drop out of school
e.g. the pill & abortion
When did girls begin to do better than boys in education?
1980
How might labeling benefit girls but disadvantage boys?
Girls are more likely to be positively labeled
How might coursework and oral exams benefit the educational attainment of girls?
Girls are said to spend more times on their work and be better at meeting deadlines
Girls are said to be more developed orally so oral exams will be of greater benefit to them
How are boys more likely to be disadvanted by subcultures?
More likely to be part of anti school subcultures
Why and how might boys’ literacy abilities be detrimental to educational attainment?
Boys are more likely to have poorer literacy and language skills.
This may because they have leisure pursuits that are less likely to aid language development
How might the feminisation of the education system impact boys’ educational attainment?
Education system has become feminised e.g. more female teachers
Male traits are not nurtured
What did Sharpe discover about girls’ attitudes towards education
1970s: girls priorities were love, marriage and children
1990s: girls’ priorities were being able to be independent and having a career
3 stats on gender and educational attainment
More girls go on to higher education than boys
At GCSE girls are around 10 percentage points ahead
At AS and A2 girls are more likely to pass and get higher grades
