Internal Factors Flashcards
List 3 policies which aimed to give boys and girls equal opportunities.
GIST - Girls into Science & Technology
WISE - Women into Science & Engineering
The National Curriculum
In what year was The National Curriculum introduced?
1988
What has the presence of more female teachers done to the learning environment?
Feminised it
What does feminising the learning environment do to girls?
Make them feel as though school is part of a female gender domain.
In 1998, which two sociologists said that girls do better than boys in coursework.
Mitsos and Browne
Why is it said that girls do better than boys in coursework?
They are more conscientious and better organised. They also mature earlier and can concentrate for longer.
What effect did coursework have on GCSE results?
It boosted the results and put girls ahead of boys.
What did Gorard (2005) find about the gender gap in achievement?
It increased sharply when the GCSE was introduced in 1988.
What did Spender (1983) find in her study?
Teachers spent more time interacting with boys than girls.
What did French and French (1993) find in their study?
Teachers paid boys and girls similar amounts of attention for academic reasons.
Boys received more attention overall because of their misbehaviour.
What did Francis (2001) find in their study of teacher attention?
Although boys received more attention, they were disciplined more harshly and felt teachers picked on them and had lower expectations of them.
What did Swann find in their 1998 study?
Found that boys dominate class discussions whereas girls prefer group work and are better at listening and cooperating.
What did Archer (2010) claim was the reason why working-class girls underachieve?
There was a conflict between feminine identities and the school’s habitus.
What was it said that girls faced a choice between?
Gaining symbolic capital or gain educational capital.
How was symbolic capital gained?
By conforming to a working-class feminine identity.
