Internal Factors And Gender Differences

Question 1

Equal opportunities policies

Answer 1

Caused by feminist ideas in the education system
E.g.GIST
1988 National Curriculum- girls/boys now study the same subjects
Boaler sees this as a key reason

Question 2

Teacher attention

Answer 2

Swann found that boys dominate class discussion but girls prefer pair work/groupwork and are better at cooperating
-explains why teachers favour cooperative girls over disruptive boys

Question 3

Challenging steeeotypes in the curriculum

Answer 3

Removal of steretypes in textbooks like women being clueless about science=⬆️achievement