subject choices

Question 1

colley 1998 (teaching styles)

Answer 1

• factors that influence the choice are partly outside school and the influence of the family over gender stereotypes.
• even thought the national curriculum reduced gender differences in subject choices, traditional beliefs about femininity and masculinity may be held by teachers, etc.
• subjects become gendered.
• girls tend to be taught by women.

Question 2

girls and physics

Answer 2

half of mixed-sex schools have no girls choosing physics as an A Level. seen as a masculine subject.

Question 3

STEM subjects

Answer 3

males are dominating in the STEM subjects at University even though more girls end up going.

Question 4

overall

Answer 4

• peer pressure
• teachers