Gender Differences In Education Flashcards
0What does Mcdobbie say regarding role of women in magazines?
Magazines in 70s emphasised importance of getting married whereas priorties changed, women faced with more positive role models
What are the 4 external factors regarding gendered differences in education?
Feminist movement and women’s rights
Changes in the family
Employment opportunities for women
Changing social attitudes, perceptions and ambitions
Changes in the family as affecting education?
Increased divorce rates, lone parent families + cohabitation.- these changes benefit women
What do mitsos and Browne say on employment opportunities for women ?
Browning service sector created more “feminised” career opportunities for women
E.g hospitality, teaching etc.
What does Francis say on employment opportunities for
Women?
Interviewed girls about Career aspirations- concluded that due to increased employment, females become extremely ambitious and aim for high proffesions like doctors and solicitors.
What are the 5 internal factors regarding gendered differences in education
Equal opportunities polices
Positive role models
GCSE and coursework
Teacher attention stereotyping and labelling
Selection and league tables
How has equal opportunity polices affected gendered differences in education.
Feminist movement means more “gender aware” system
WISE and GIST- encouraging girls to enter subject areas dominated by men
What does Weiner say about positive role models and the effect on female educational achievement?
Teachers are challenging gender stereotypes more than ever
Example- sexiest images removed from text books
How are there now more positive role models for women
More women taking up positions d high responsibility in education
“Feminised” system instilling notions of “gender domain”
What does Gorard say about gcse and coursework and how it effects female achievement in education
“Gender gap” increased drastically in academic year 1988/9, coincided with introduction of GCSE’s
Brought more course work- girls are better at this
How do Mitsos and Browne support Gorard’s view?
Support view because girls spend more time on work, more care in presentation, more organised etc
Girls mature quicker than boys
What does Francis say regarding teacher attention and female achievement?
Boys are more likely to be disciplined than girls , therefore attention not always productive
What does Groddal say about teacher attention?
Boyd more likely to attract teachers attention because more boisterous and disruptive
What does Swann say about Boys in discussion and girls in discussion?
Boys dominate discussion girls more be quite link to BECKER, KITSUE and RIST- labelling theory and halo effect.
How did the 1988 education reform act introducing selection and league tables enable female achievement?
Introduced “market principles” to education. Aim to instigate competition in schools to raise standards
Formulae funding and league tables- puts pressure on schools to perform well to raise league position
Schools therefore cream skim girls as they perform better and slick shift boys
