Feminist View of Education Flashcards
1
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What do feminist look at?
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- Achievement by gender
- Experience of different genders in education
- Gender socialisation
- Formation of gender identities
- Gendered subject images
2
Q
Achievement by gender:
Historically girls underachieved in comparison to boysbecause
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- Lower expectations
- gendered subject choices
- career paths
-socialisation into expressive roles
3
Q
Achievement by gender:
Since 1980s girls started to achieve higher than boys
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- Rise of feminism
- career aspirations
- Feminisation of education
- educated female role models
4
Q
Experience of different genders in education
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- sexual harassment of girls in schools - ‘male gaze’
- higher expectations on girls for behaviour
- Rigid controls on girls behaviours
5
Q
Gender Socialisation
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- girls more controlled by parents and teachers
- girls have less freedom
- Canalisation of educational toys
- books and imagery - Lobban
6
Q
Formation of gender identities
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- schools reinforce traditional identities
- uniform regulations
- sexual behaviours
- sports
7
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Gendered subject images
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- traditionally male and female gender domains
1. science - male
2. Humanities - change in gendered images represent girls more positively
- Initiatives such as GIST and WISE
- not replicated for males
8
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Evaluations
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- despite progress in achievement many issues remain
1. gender pay gap
2. glass ceiling - Jackson et al (2010) - focus is on boys underachievement in education, rather than inequality beyond education
- education increasingly female dominated - 80% of graduates in education are female
