policy change

Question 1

education reform act

Answer 1

• introduction of course work
• the abolition of 11+ and introduction of the national curriculum meant for the first time, boy and girls were entitled to have the same education
• introduction of more coursework, girls are more methodical and organised

Question 2

GIST and WISE

Answer 2

• teacher training from the 1970s has changed and teachers believe it is important to develop girls in a way that would have been unthinkable a few years ago
• exam questions, textbooks and classroom language has chnged to include and recognise girls so that girls now see education as an institution for them

Question 3

equal pay act 1970

Answer 3

• gave women the right to equal pay for doing the same work as men, which helped them achieve equality in the workplace.
• Women could claim equal pay if their job required the same levels of effort, skill, knowledge, and responsibility as a man’s job.

Question 4

sex discrimination act

Answer 4

• made it illegal to discriminate against women in employment, education, advertising, housing, and more. It also made it illegal to discriminate based on marital status in employment.