feminism Flashcards
what is the feminist view on education?
Feminists agree that the education system transmits and upholds patriarchal values.
- Liberal feminists believe education now centres on women and girls, and we should celebrate the progress that has been made.
- Radical feminists believe that education still centres on boys despite advancements in girls’ education.
liberal feminist views of education
Celebrate the progress made so far in improving girls’ achievement.
They essentially believe that the ‘Future is now Female’ and now that girls are outperforming boys in education, it is only a matter of time until more women move into politics and higher paid, managerial roles at work
radical feminist views of education
Education is still fundamentally patriarchal and continues to reinforce traditional gender norms and to disadvantage girls
what did kelly discuss?
- concerned with gendered roles in books
- found women were often portrayed to be reliant upon men or, such as in the case of many science textbooks, women were completely absent
oakley
(education)
Oakley is concerned with how gendered language in schools is reinforcing gender roles of children.
verbal appellation
dale spender
believes that teachers throughout school give boys and girls different types of attention; she says that girls are praised for appearance, good behaviour and neat work, whilst boys are praised for performance
mac an ghaill
- says the male gaze is they way in which male pupils and teachers look girls up and down seeing them as sexual objects and making judgements about their appearance
- sees this as a way of surveillance through which dominant heterosexual masculinity is reinforced and femininity devalued.
Kat Banyard
Sexual harassment is a major problem in schools and is treated less seriously than other forms of bullying
Stanworth
Found that there were still higher expectations of boys and teachers would be more likely to recommend boys to apply for higher erducation than girls at the same academic level
