Gender and Education

Question 1

According to DfE stats, what is the difference in achievement for boys and girls

Answer 1

Girls - 49.5

Boys - 44

Question 2

What are the 3 outside factors of gender and education?

Answer 2

1. Feminists argue that girls are now outperforming boys in education but can sometimes still be victim to gender socialisation through the hidden curriculum
2. Parental expectations and gender socialisation impacts how girls and boys perform in education
3. Changes in the labour market have led to a decline in boys’ education achievement as they no longer value some aspects of education

Question 3

Who argues that girls are now outperforming boys in education but can sometimes still be victim to gender socialisation through the hidden curriculum?

Answer 3

Heaton and Lawson

Question 4

What does Heaton and Lawson argue?

Answer 4

That the hidden curriculum is seen as a form of gender socialisation which teaches patriarchal values in school

Question 5

What is the AO3 used for the argument “girls are now outperforming boys in education but can sometimes still be victim to gender socialisation through the hidden curriculum?

Answer 5

DfE stats showing that girls outperform boys, but what this means is that the government focused on improving attainment of boys, rather than dealing with wider social inequalities

Question 6

Who argues that parental expectations and gender socialisation impacts how girls and boys perform in education?

Answer 6

McRobbie and Garber

Question 7

How can bedroom cultures be used to support girls in education?

Answer 7

Girls can motivate each other, lack of distraction, a quieter places to revise. Parents are more likely to keep girls at home whereas boys are off doing something like being encouraged to do sport

Question 8

What is used as AO3 for the argument parental expectations and gender socialisation impacts how girls and boys perform in education?

Answer 8

Davis and Moore

Question 9

What does Davis and Moore suggest?

Answer 9

That the students that get the better grades are the ones that should be getting better jobs and better pay. Role allocation theory

Question 10

Who argues that changes in the labour market have led to a decline in boys’ education achievement as they no longer value some aspects of education

Answer 10

Jackson

Question 11

What is used as AO3 for the argument “changes in the labour market have led to a decline in boys’ education achievement as they no longer value some aspects of education?

Answer 11

Mac am Ghaill

Question 12

What is Mac an Ghaill’s argument/theory?

Answer 12

The crisis of masculinity

Question 13

What does the crisis of masculinity involve?

Answer 13

Traditional ideas of what it is to fulfil the role of a man e.g. breadwinner, head of the family, etc are no longer relevant. This coupled with makes’ often poor educational achievement has resulted in young men feeling confused

Question 14

What are the 2 inside factors of gender and education?

Answer 14

1. Some working class boys join an anti school subculture as a way to reject the education system
2. Interactionists point out how girls and boys are treated differently within the education system

Question 15

Who argues that some working class boys join an anti school subculture as a way to reject the education system?

Answer 15

Willis

Question 16

Who can be used as AO3 for the argument ‘some working class boys join an anti school subculture as a way to reject the education system’ ?

Answer 16

Jackson - the ladettes to show that it is not just boys that form anti school subcultures and therefore this cannot be the only reason why they underperform

Question 17

Who argues that girls and boys are treated differently within the education system?

Answer 17

Becker or Abraham

Question 18

What is used as AO3 for the argument “boys and girls are treated differently within the education system” ?

Answer 18

DfE stars showing that bots are three times as likely to be excluded from school than girls