Inside of school factors gender

Question 1

Education reform Act 1988

Answer 1

girls achievement
introduction of coursework , and introduction of the national curriculum meant boys and girls were entitled to have the same education. girls done better in course due to them being organised

Question 2

Burns and Bracey

Answer 2

Girls achievement
girls put more effort into homework and unlike boys are prepared to draft and redraft assignment.Girls work harder and are more movatited than boys

Question 3

Mcrobbie and Graber

Answer 3

Girls achievement
girls were more protected by parents and given less freedom than their brothers.
tend to spend more time at home and develop the bedroom culture
chatting to friends, doing homework studying

Question 4

Arnot

Answer 4

Girls’ achievement ( change in the job market)
a growing number of female teachers and women in management position in secondary education and Furter education - provides a positive role model for women who bing clever and not attractive.

Question 5

Kelly

Answer 5

underachievement girls
science subjects were packaged for boys. science textbooks have few women portrayals in them and examples used by teachers were more relevant to boys. boy would let boys dominate the science room

Question 6

Colley

Answer 6

underachievement girls
subject choices at school were gendered and girls and boys chose different subjects which affected their future career paths. these difference came about due to perceptions of what was masculine and feminine, due to teacher and parental encouragement and were affected by whether pupils went to mixed to single sex schools.

Question 7

Mac and Ghail

Answer 7

underachivment males 
. Subculture was named as ‘macho lads’. For these boys their ability to perform heavy, physical manual labour work becoming a way to shape their working class identities. 
Industrialisation lead to a crisis of masculinity due to the change in job market making the workplace more ‘suited the lifestyle of women’ These working class lads did not have the academic qualifications needed in order to move into new working class job roles

Question 8

Willis

Answer 8

underachievemment culture of mascuilty
Lads display a sting hegemonic masculinity which didn’t value education and they saw it as pointless
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Fathers often came from a background where manual labour was the norms and education wasn’t valued - followed in farther footsteps.

Question 9

Sewell

Answer 9

under achievement culture of masculinity
a lack of positive role ( due to being from matriarchal backgrounds)
they turned to role models in rap/youth culture
get rich quick
hyper masucilinity , anti school
kings in the playground but the paupers in the classroom - meaning black boy act out hyper masculine behaviours that are not conducive to learning

Question 10

Frosh et al

Answer 10

under achievement culture of masculinity
boys felt they risked being labelled as gay by their male peers if they work hard, therefore, leading them to act masculine and anti-school, within education boys assert their ‘normal ‘ masculinity through heterosexuality. education is not seen as masculine they face homophobic tuants