pupil identities

Question 1

identity definition

Answer 1

concerned with how individuals see themselves and how they are seen by others

Question 2

what different identities do we have?

Answer 2

ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, social class, religion etc.

Question 3

what does woodward argue?

Answer 3

identity is based on the similarities and differences individuals feel they have with others

Question 4

what does jenkins argue?

Answer 4

identity is not purely personal but it depends upon how other people think of us. this influences how we see ourselves.

Question 5

what reinforces gender and sexual identities?

Answer 5

pupils experiences in school

Question 6

what does bob connell propose?

Answer 6

hegemonic masculinity - the dominance of heterosexual masculine identity and the subordination of female and gay identities

Question 7

what do archer/evans suggest?

Answer 7

the gender identity of wc girls may play a significant part in their relative lack of success compared to mc girls - the ‘caring’ aspect of wc feminine identity produces a desire to live at home with their families while studying which results in self-exclusion from elite universities and places a limit on their success