Gender and Underachievement 1 external

Question 1

on starting school what is girls achievement

ks3

Gcse

Answer 1

teacher assessment of pupils at the end of year showed girls ahead of boys between 7 and 11 percentage points.

girls do consistently better than boys this is especially so in english, where gender gap steadily widens with age.

shows gender gap stands around 10 percentage points

Question 2

impact of feminism

what did feminist strive to sort out?

Answer 2

social movement that strikes for women’s equality for equal rights for women in all areas of life. 1960s feminist challenge stereotypes of women role steadily as housewife and men inferior.

Question 3

what is McRobbie’s study

Answer 3

Mcrobbie study of magazines show in 1970s have emphasised the importance of getting married and moving out not being “left on the self” whereas nowadays they contain stronger assertive women.

Question 4

what has been the changes to family size (factor 2)

Answer 4

major changes in the family since 1970s has seen shift in attitudes towards family since 1970s this includes; increase in divorce rate, increase in cohabitation, lone parent and smaller family sizes.

Question 5

impact of lone parent family on girls achievement

and divorce

Answer 5

Lone parent families encourage girls to take a more breadwinner role this creates role model for girls, to achieve well paid jobs and good qualifications.

Divorce rates mean girls less likely to rely on husbands to be their provider.

Question 6

Factor 3 - changes to women’s employment

equal pay act impact?

Answer 6

the 1970 equal pay act which it makes illegal to pay women less than men for equal value of work, women’s employment has risen some women are breaking through the glass ceiling. Encouraged women to see their future as paid rather than housewives.

Question 7

factor 4 (changes to ambition)

sue sharper study

o conner research

beck and beck research

Answer 7

For example sue sharper study of 1970s and 1990s show a major shift. In 1974 the girls had low aspirations, they believed it was unfeminine priorities was given to house, family and children jobs but by 1990s ambitions had changed and they had different order of priorities carer and able to support themselves

o’connor also found between 14 - 17 found marriage and children were not part of the plan.

Beck and beck found it to be towards individualisation in modern society