GENDER/ETHNICITY/CLASS ACHIEVEMENT

Question 1

State and outline 3 external factors contributing to the gender differences in educational achievement

Answer 1

Evolution of the role of women in society/influence in society
The crisis of masculinity
Early gender socialisation

Question 2

State and outline 3 internal factors contributing to the gender differences in educational achievement

Answer 2

Labelling (lower expectations of boys)
Peer pressure
Feminisation of education

Question 3

State 2 external factors effecting subject choice

Answer 3

Early gender socialisation

Gendered career opportunities

Question 4

State 2 internal factors which effect subject choice

Answer 4

Gendered subject images

Gender identity and peer pressure

Question 5

State and outline three external factors contributing to the ethnic differences between educational achivemeng

Answer 5

Material deprivation
Cultural deprivation
Language barriers

Question 6

State and outline three internal factors contributing to the ethnic differences in achivement

Answer 6

Labelling (gilbourne and youdell)
Subcultures (Sewell)
The ethnocentric curriculum (coard)