educational achievemnt and gender differences 1 Flashcards
what are the three equal opportunity policies ? (two acronyms and another)
GIST WISE
national curriculum
what does marketisation cause with girls ?
cream skimming + silt shifting , girls more desirable in school as the achieve better
what has more female head teachers and teachers led to with girls in education ?
22-37% from 1992 to 2012 head teachers
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positive role models , girls see they can achieve important positions.
A03: majority there are still male head teachers
what do GCSE’s and coursework do contributing to girls’ and boys achievement ?
mitsos and browne say girls are more successful from them , they are more organised.
teacher interactions : abraham and francis
teachers see boys as badly behaved , leads to self fulfilling prophecy .
francis finds boys are disciplined harshly and feel picked on.
who says that since the 80s teachers have challenged gender stereotypes ?
weiner . challenging stereotypes in the curriculum removes a barrier to girls’ achievement
what does mcrobbies study on 1970s and 90s magazines tell us about out of school impacts for gender ?
:the impact of feminism emphasised value of careers and independence
:challenging stereotypes
what changes in the family has impacted children’s education ?
increase in divorce rate , cohabitation, number of lone parent families.
female headed lone parent families- women in major earning role - better in education
what factor does breaking through the glass ceiling tell us about ?
out of school: changes in women’s employment
breaking glass ceiling- incentive to take education seriously.
what does sue sharpe say about changing ambitions ?
interviews between 1970s and 1990s
70s- low aspirations , education success is unfeminine
90s- women see their future as independent women with careers.
