Education: Topic 4- Gender differences in education~ Vital vocab Flashcards
What does boffin identity mean?
Girls who want to be successful educationally that may feel the need to conform to the schools notion of the ideal feminine pupil identity.
What does disciplinary discourse mean?
The teachers authority made explicit and visible.
What is the equal pay act?
A policy making it illegal to pay women less than men for work.
What is feminism?
A sociological perspective and movement for women and men to be equal.
What is gender domains?
The tasks that boys and girls see as male or female territory and relevant to themselves.
What is gender identity?
Each persons internal and individual experience of gender.
What is gender role socialisation?
The process of learning the behaviour expected of males and females in society.
What is GIST/WISE?
girls in science and technology/ Women in science and engineering
What is glass ceiling?
The invisible barrier preventing women from getting high level jobs.
What is hegemonic masculinity?
The dominance of heterosexual masculine identity and the subordination of female and gay identities.
What is hyper-heterosexual feminine identity?
The W/C girls spending considerable time, money and effort making desirable heterosexual identities.
What is and idealized feminine identity?
Showing loyalty to the female peer group, being non competitive and supporting each others.
What is laddish subculture?
Collective, boorish or misogynistic behaviour by young straight men/boys.
What is liberal discourse?
The teachers authority is implicit and invisible.
What is a liberal feminists?
Feminists who focus on achieving gender equality through a political and legal way.
