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sue sharpe 1974/ 94

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girls viewed educational success as unfeminine. 74- main goal marriage. 94- far more aspirational

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francis 2001

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girls have rejected the traditional female role and value education

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fuller 2011

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educational success was a central aspect of girls identity- understood it will enable them to support themselves

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goard 2005

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gender gap was constant 75-89. gcse+ coursework introduced.

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mitsos and brown 1989

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support goard- coursework is better for girls as they are more conscientious

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elwood 2005

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disagrees with mitsos and brown. exams have more influence- girls do better than boys in exams anyway

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spender 1983

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teachers spend more time with boys as they demand more of their attention

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french and french 1993

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disagree with spender boys and girls are given the same amount of attention. boys are given more as they demand more reprimands

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swann and graddol 1994

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boisterous and attract teachers gaze more. gain more opps to speak in class. girls prefer group work

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jackson 1998

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high achieving girls are attractive to schools and boost league tables- low achieving boys are not. creates self fulfilling prophecy

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slee 1998

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boys are less desirable to schools as they are perceived as a liability- behavioural issues

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archer et al 2010

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conflict between wc girls feminine identities and the ethos of the school. symbolic vs educational capital

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bourdieu

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symbolic violence. defining their culture as worthless

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archer

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ideal female pupil- de-sexualised middleclass, this excludes many wc girls

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archer

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wc girls dilemma, feminine identities clash with educational success, have to choose between the 2

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evans

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desire to stay with families while studying- limits uni choice. caring aspect of wc fem identity

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edwards and david 2000

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boys mature slower than girls, primary socialisation encourages them to be boisterous and attention seeking.

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burns and bracey 2001

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socialisation may lead to over confidence- surprised when fail exams- bad luck not lack of effort

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mitsos and brown 1998

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decline in traditional male jobs led to an identity crisis for men- decline in boys motivation within school

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sewell 2006

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education has become feminised- coursework, everyone is a winner

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yougov poll 2007

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39% of 8-11yr old boys do not have lessons with a male teacher so lack a male role model

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frances

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found 2/3 of 7-8yr olds did not see their teachers gender as relevant

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haase 2008

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primary schools are ‘masculine educational structure numerically dominated by women’

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francis 2001

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boys being viewed as swots saw it as a threat to their masculinity.

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mcveigh 2001

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similarities in boys and girls educational differences are far greater than the differences.

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francis and skelton 2011

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girls on FSM underperform compared to both boys and girls not on FSM. class is more important than gender

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oakley 1973

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gender role socialisation leads to gendered subject choice

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connolly 2006

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interactions affect. diff combinations of factors have diff results

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norman 1988

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girls are given different toys from an early age so develop different interests in subjects and careers

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byre 1979

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schools re enforce stereotypes teachers expectations are different of boys and girls

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murphy and elwood 1998

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different tastes in reading leads to subject choice. boys science and girls humanities

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browne and ross 1991

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gender domains, what subjects they see as ‘boys’ or ‘girls’ is influenced by early socialisation

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dfes study 2007

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single sex schools hold less subject steryotype

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leonard 2006

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single sex schools lead pupils to make less gendered subject choice

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lees 1986

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boys call girls slags but there is no male alt

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mac and ghaill 1996

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anti school wc boys name call to re enforce definitions of masculinity. work hard= dickhead achiever. nice to girls= gay

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haywood and mac and ghaill 1996

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teacher re enforce gender steryotypes, ‘behaving like girls’+ ignoring boys verbal abuse of girls

37
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lees 1993

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double standards, sexual exploits

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archer 2010

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wc girls gain symbolic capital by performing a hyper heterosexual femininity

39
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ringrose 2013

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wc girls faced tension between loyalty to friends and a sexualised identity.

40
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hastings 2006

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white pupils make less progress between 11-16 than black of asian pupils. its possible that white pupils may soon become the worst performing in the country

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beretier and englemann 1966

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language spoken by low income black households is insufficient for achieving educational success

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gilborn and mirza 2000

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found indian pupils do very well despite the language barrier

43
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moynihan 1965

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black households are headed by mother boys lack a male role model

44
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arnot 2004

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ultra tough ghetto superstar- re enforced through mtv music videos. so join anti school groups

45
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sewell 2009

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greatest barrier to boys educational success is other boys

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gilborn 2008

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disagree with sewell and argue it is institutional racism that produces the failure of a large number of black boys

47
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pryce 1979

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family structure contributes to educational achievement

48
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gilborn and mirza 2000

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in one LEA black children were the highest achievers in primary schools. yet by gcse they were the lowest

49
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driver and ballard 1981

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asian family structures encourage education

50
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archer and francis 2005

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asian families see education as a family project and take a high level of engagement in their childs education

51
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khan 1979

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see asian families as stress ridden and traditionally controlling- especially towards girls

52
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pilkington 1997

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focusing on family reasons draws attention away from the school and the failing of the educational system

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palmer 2012

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almost 1/2 of all ethnic minority children live in low income households- compared to 1/4 of whit children

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ireson and rushforth 2005

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minority parents from higher socio-economic backgrounds can afford to hire tutors. benefits of economic advantages

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mason 2000

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discrimination is a persistent feature of ethnic minorities in britan- why minorities face unemployment and low pay

56
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coard

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teachers have lower expectations of minority pupils- this encourages a SFP

57
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sewell 2009

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racial stereotyping leads teachers to see ALL black boys as rebels, who rejected values of the school

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wright 1992

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4 multi racial primary schools,- found majority of staff unconsciously discriminated in class. afro- caribbean boys attracted negative attention, while asian girls seemed invisible

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mirza 1992

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2 comps in south london, well meaning but misguided teachers. anti school but pro education

60
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mac an ghaill 1992

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afro caribbean and asian pupils reaction to negative labelling- overcame them through, subcultures, ignoring them

61
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rothmayre 2003

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institutional racism is ‘locked in’ to the education system. no longer needs conscious racism. inequality is self perpetuating. gilborn agrees- practially inevitable feature of the education system

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coard 1971

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british curriculum makes black children feel inferior in every way. causes them to develop a negative self concept

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troyna and williams 1986

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ethnocentric curriculum as it gives priority to white culture and english language

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