Gender in education: External factors Flashcards
explanation of differential socialisation
- bedroom culture- girls play indoors, boys outside
- girls bought toys improving reading writing eg secret diaries + more likely sit talking improving linguistics
- boys bought toys encouraging masculine traits eg independence, confidence which is less useless in ed
differential socialisation: Burns and Bracy
girls take more care in presentation of their work. more organised, more likely do homework. Boys believed school work ‘should be done at school’ So girls perform better
differential socialisation: Hannon
girls spend their social time on activities which help them in school
explanation of changing female aspirations
position of women changed in last 50 years as result of impact of feminism and changes to families
explanation of changing female aspirations: Sharpe
- 1990s girls more confident, assertive
- 1970s girls ‘love, marriage, husbands’
- 1990- ‘job, career, supporting themselves’
explanation of changing female aspirations: Wilkinson
’ gender quake ‘
young females now striving for successful careers with good wages, more confident, assertive, ambitious