Education scholars

Question 1

What are the scholars for gender and education?

Answer 1

• Haywood and Ghail
• Sue Lees
• Browne and Rose
• Kelly
• Oakley
• Byrne
• Paetcher
• Gorard
• Spender
• French
• McRobbie
• Jackson

Question 2

What did Haywood and Ghail say?

Answer 2

Male teachers told boys off for behaving like girls, ignored boys verbal abuse of girls and blamed girls for attracting it

Question 3

What did Sue Lees say?

Answer 3

Double standards in sexual morality
- Boys brag about sexual exploitation, whereas girls labelled as slags
- Sexual conquest approved of gaining stats for boys and ignored by male teachers
> classes as promiscuity in girls

Question 4

What did Browne and Rose say?

Answer 4

Children’s belief about gender domains shaped by adult expectations
- gender domains: tasks boys and girls view as their territory
- gender image that a subject gives off affects who will choose it

Question 5

What did Kelly say?

Answer 5

Science seen as a boys subject, mostly male teachers
- examples in textbooks draw on male experiences

Question 6

What did Oakley say?

Answer 6

Gender role socialization
- negative process of learning the behavior expected of males and females in society
- early socialization influences gender identity

Question 7

What did Byrne say?

Answer 7

• Teachers encourage boys to be tough and feminine behaviors
• girls expected to be quiet, helpful and punished for being rough or noisy

Question 8

What did Paetcher say?

Answer 8

Girls who choose sports tend to be subject to taunts like bitch or lesbian
- single sex schoolgirls more likely to choose sports: less ridicule from peers
- absence of boys puts less pressure on girls to conform

Question 9

What did Gorard say?

Answer 9

Gender cap constant until 1988 when GCSEs and coursework was introduced
- gender gap: product of the changed system of assessment rather than failing boys

Question 10

What did Spender say?

Answer 10

teachers spend more time interacting with boys

Question 11

What did French say?

Answer 11

Boys tend to receive more negative attention for poor behavior
- girls receive more positive, work related attention = achievement

Question 12

What did Jackson say?

Answer 12

Introduction of exam league tables places higher value on academic achievement = improved opportunities for girls
- high achieving girls sought by top schools whereas low achieving boys aren’t

Question 13

What did Mcrobbie find?

Answer 13

Looked at Magazine covers throughout the years
- found a shift from the promotion of women being married and cooks - nowadays: women presented as powerful and achievement orientated