Gender Differences

Question 1

Leonard

Answer 1

In single sex schools, girls more likely to take maths/science and boys more likely to take english/languages

Question 2

Norman

Answer 2

From an early age boys and girls are treated differently

Question 3

Paechter

Answer 3

Pupils associate sport mainly within male gender, girls interested in sport contradict traditional female stereotype

Question 4

Murphy

Answer 4

Boys and girls pay attention to different details even when tackling the same task

Question 5

Mac an Ghaill

Answer 5

. Found male teachers often told boys off for ‘behaving like girls’
. Male Gaze = verbal abuse to reinforce their masculinity

Question 6

Parker

Answer 6

Boys labelled as gay for being friendly with girls, female teachers

Question 7

Lees

Answer 7

Boys boast about their sexual exploits but call a girl a ‘slag’ for doing the same

Question 8

Archer (Sexual/Gender)

Answer 8

WC girls gain symbolic capital for preforming hyper - heterosexual identity

Question 9

What is a ‘boffin identity’

Answer 9

Girls who want to be educationally successful conform to school notion of ideal feminine pupil identity

Question 10

French

Answer 10

boys receive more attention due to more disruption - could lead to self fulfilling prophecy

Question 11

Weiner

Answer 11

Since 1980s teachers have challenged stereotypes and sexist images have been removed from textbooks

Question 12

Jackson

Answer 12

boys may be seen as ‘liability students’

Question 13

Mitsos and Browne

Answer 13

Girls more successful in coursework - more organised

Question 14

Elwood

Answer 14

Girls being more successful in coursework can’t create a gender gap - final exam is a bigger percentage

Question 15

Archer (Girls)

Answer 15

. By preforming WC feminine identities, gained symbolic capital
. Gaining symbolic and educational capital contradict with eachother. WC girls investment in their feminine identities are a major cause of their underachievement

Question 16

Evans

Answer 16

Found girls in her study wanted to go to uni to increase their earning power for their families

Question 17

McRobbie

Answer 17

Study of magazines in 70s emphasised importance of getting married. Now contain images of assertive women

Question 18

Sharpe

Answer 18

Interviews with girls in the 70s and 90s show major shift to girls being more ambitious

Question 19

Recki

Answer 19

WC girls have limited aspirations - limited job opportunities they think are open to them

Question 20

Ringrose

Answer 20

Fear underachieving WC boys will grow up to be dangerous and unemployable

Question 21

Yougov

Answer 21

39% of 8-11 year old boys have no lessons with a male teacher

Question 22

Haase

Answer 22

Primary schools = ‘masculined educational structure that is numerically dominated by women’

Question 23

Sewell

Answer 23

Some coursework should be replaced by final exams

Question 24

Mitsos and Browne (Boys)

Answer 24

Globilisation and decline of traditional mens jobs led to an ‘identity crisis for men’