Perspectives on education- Feminism

Question 1

What is a liberal feminist?

Answer 1

A group of feminists that acknowledge that girls have begun to do much better in terms of education that has resulted as a part of the last 2 decades.

Question 2

What do other feminists such as radical feminists argue?

Answer 2

Although girls have come along way school still passes on the ideology of patriarchs.

Question 3

What did Francis (2000) find out?

Answer 3

That despite girls beginning to outperform boys at all levels of education, girls still continue to conform to gendered ideas. Girls take subjects such as MFL and English whereas boys take maths based subjects. Feminists argue that women still choose to venter careers with lower pay and status while men choose higher pay and status.

Question 4

What % students who take health and social care are girls?

Answer 4

95%

Question 5

What % of students who take construction of males?

Answer 5

95%

Question 6

What do GIST do?

Answer 6

They did a 4 year research program that studied why girls were underachieving