Feminism Flashcards
Factors:
Hidden curricular and teaching curriculum
Subject choice and employment
Sexual and verbal assault
Male domination of higher positions in Education
Heaton and Lawson 1996
Curriculum and hidden curriculum
Teaching curriculum
Boys more likely to appear in textbooks especially for Stem subjects
Teachers indirectly reinforce gender norms through everyday teaching
Hidden curriculum
Girls and boys allocated different classroom jobs - boys moving furniture, girls cleaning
Dress code - girls labeled slits of skirts too short and schools then embrace strict dress code policies
Sexual and verbal assault
Girls more likely victims of sexual assault by peers or teachers
More likely verbally assaulted - slut
Males dominating higher position in education
Women 62% of school workforce
Only 30% in leadership roles