Internal Factors Affecting Gender Achievement Flashcards
What are the 7 internal factors that affect gender achievement?
-legislation
-teacher role models
-coursework
-teacher labelling
-challenges to stereotypes
-school selection polices
-feminisation of education
How has equal opportunity legislation affected gender achievement?
Since the 1970s, there has been a growing emphasis on equality of opportunity.
GIST (Girls into Science and Teech)
WISE (Women into Science and Engineering)
The national curriculum in 1989 made all students study same subjects
Positive impact on girls and negative impact on boys
Evaluation of the view that equal opportunity legislation has influenced gender achievement?
Some subjects are still gender stereotypes and therefore people don’t do them
According to Coffey and Delamont, how has teacher role models affected gender achievement?
Schools are patriarchal. Headed by males. The discourse of education was still male - dominant and competitive. Some schools do not let women wear trousers.
Evaluation of the view that teacher role models have influenced gender achievement?
Most schools are headed by males
How has the introduction of coursework affected gender achievement according to Mitsos and Browne (1998)?
Coursework introduced in 1998. Alleged that coursework favour girls as they are more independent and mature. As girls socialise indoors (bedroom culture) means they have more time to do such work.
Positive impact on girls and negative impact on boys
Evaluation of the view that the introduction of course work has influenced gender achievement?
Coursework not part of many course nowadays
How has teacher labelling affected gender achievement according to French and French (1993)?
Found that boys tend to pay less attention in schools. More likely to be punished, leading to a negative self fulfilling prophecy.
Girls more likely to be the “ideal” pupil therefore put into higher sets and streams and develop a positive SFP.
Positive impact on girls and negative impact on boys
According to Mitsos and Browne (1998), how has teacher labelling influenced gender achievement?
Teachers have negative views of boys expecting work to be scruffy and late e.c.t. These expectations may lead to negative SFP and underachievement.
Evaluation of the view that teacher labelling has influenced gender achievement?
Not all girls receive positive label
How has challenges to gender stereotypes affected gender achievement?
Up unit the 1980s, textbooks and learning materials contained images with reinforced gender stereotypes. Images of boys doing science, for example. Such images have been removed from textbooks, also now teachers take more care to avoid reinforces such stereotypes.
Positive impact on girls as they aren’t confined to specific subjects
negative impact on boys as some courses are still feminised and therefore often avoided to go into harder courses to get worse grades
Evaluation of the view that challenges to gender stereotypes have influenced gender achievement?
Shouldn’t be an issue that girls studying traditionally male subjects shouldn’t disadvantage boys
How have school selection polices affected gender achievement according to Jackson (1998)?
Notes that schools are under vast pressure to achieve a good position on league tables. As girls achieve better girls, they my be more likely to access better performing schools. Positively impacts girls as they get into good schools. Negatively impacts boys as they are seen as liability students, meaning they are more likely access poorly funded schools.
Evaluation of the view that selection polices have influenced gender achievement?
Gender isn’t likely to be the most influential factor is selection polices, class instead
According to Rothermel (1999), how has the feminisation of education influenced gender achievement?
Found that amongst home educated children, boys are as successful as girls.
