Internal Factors-BOYS

Question 1

Name all four in school factors for boys

Answer 1

-The feminisation of education
-The shortage of male primary school teachers
-Teacher interactions
-Laddish Subculture

Question 2

What is the AO1 of the Feminisation of Education?

Answer 2

SEWELL
-school emphasises feminist traits
E.G methodical workings and attentiveness

Question 3

What is the AO2 of the Feminisation of education?

Answer 3

COURSEWORK is the major cause of gender difference in education
-Sewell suggests they should switch to final exams and that there should be a emphasis on outdoor activities

Question 4

What is the AO3 for feminisation of education?

Answer 4

Action has been taken to tackle this problem E.G there’s been a shift towards controlled assessments

Question 5

What is the AO1 of Shortage of Male Primary School Teachers?

Answer 5

There is a lack of male role models which leads to underachievement.

Question 6

What is the AO2 of Shortage Male Primary School Teachers?

Answer 6

-14% of teachers are male
-39% of 8-11 yr olds said that they have no lessons with male teachers
-42% of boys who had male teachers said it made them work harder.

Question 7

What is the AO3 for the Shortage Male Primary School Teachers?

Answer 7

NEW RIGHT also agrees that having a lack of a male figure in the home are deprived from tough love so would find it hard to tackle emotional problems so wohl underachieve.

Question 8

What is the AO1 of teacher interaction?

Answer 8

Negatively labelling boys can undermine there confidence.

Question 9

What is the AO2 for Teacher Interaction?

Answer 9

Teachers tend to be Less strict with boys as they expect a low standard of work
-so they would fail to push them to achieve there full potential

Question 10

What is the AO3 of teacher interactions?

Answer 10

Margaret fuller

Question 11

What is the AO1 of Laddish subculture?

Answer 11

Mac N Ghail
Examined ‘macho lads’
They were hostile towards school authority and learning

Question 12

What is the AO2 for Laddish Subculture?

Answer 12

WILLIS
Argue that work is essential for the development of a sense of identity which reinforces masculinity.
-This was gone and unemployment became the norm for WC boys

Question 13

Evaluate Laddish Subculture AO3

Answer 13

Willis
-small sample size
-lacks representation
So cannot be generalised to wider population