key area 2 (gender)

Question 1

Sue Sharpe

Answer 1

rising female expectations- girls now want better careers than marriages first

Question 1

Angela McRobbie

Answer 1

media representations have changed, less page 3 models and “do it for yourself” has been introduced

Question 2

Mac an Ghail

Answer 2

society is more focused on knowledge now than labour so this leads to w/c boys seeing school as for m/c pupils so will become NEETs

Question 3

Edward and David

Answer 3

due to primary socialisation boys mature slower as they are read to less etc.

Question 4

Gorard

Answer 4

coursework introduced in 1988 meant that girls are favoured as they do better in coursework

Question 5

Mitsos and Browne

Answer 5

girls organise their work better so are more capable to do coursework

Question 6

Sewell

Answer 6

feminisation of education
10% primary school teachers male
35-65 in secondary school male female
boys characteristics not favoured

Question 7

Epstein

Answer 7

boys are homophobically bullied if they try hard in school which inevitably puts them off trying in education