The gender gap in education- Internal factors

Question 1

What are the 5 internal factors of the gender gap in education?

Answer 1

-Equal opportunity policy’s
-Positive role models
-GCSE’S and Coursework
-Teachers attention, stereotypes and labelling
-selections and league tables

Question 2

What are the points for equal opportunity policies?

Answer 2

WISE and GIST
The education reform act- the national curriculum 1998
Weiner 1995

Question 3

Equal opportunity policies- GIST and WISE?

Answer 3

Girls in science and technology and Women in science and education
these policy’s have influenced girls into traditional make stream subjects
encouraging gender neutral language and advice in relation to subject options/ career advice and recourse development

Question 4

Equal opportunity policies- the educational reform act the national curriculum?

Answer 4

The curriculum created a scenario where women and men are being taught same core subjects,
education systems becoming more mediocratic as males and females are on equal terms

Question 5

Equal opportunity policy’s- Weiner 1995?

Answer 5

teachers challenging gender stereotypes more than ever e.g. sexist imaging removed from textbooks and being replaced with more female imagery

Question 6

Positive role models?

Answer 6

We are seeing more and more women taking higher responsibility’s in the education (becoming head teachers)
Primary schools are feminised institutions creating gender domains for pupils at an early age
Female pupils have a more positive role models in education as more teachers are women

Question 7

GCSE’S and coursework sociologists?

Answer 7

Mitsos and Browne
Gorard

Question 8

GCSE’S and coursework- Gorard (2005)

Answer 8

Gender gap increased dramatically in 1988-89 due to the fact that GCSE’S had been introduced as well as coursework

Question 9

GCSE’S and coursework- Mitsos and Browne?

Answer 9

Reasons why coursework is better for girls
-Girls spend more time on work
-girls take more pride in work
-more organised than boys
-develop better speaking and listening skills then boys which is beneficial in oral exams
-girls mature quicker than boys

Question 10

Teachers attention, stereotyping and labeling sociologists?

Answer 10

Dale spender
Reasons for dale spenders theory
-Francis
Groddal
Swann

Question 11

Teachers attention, stereotyping and labeling- Dale spender

Answer 11

Boys receive more attention in the classroom then girls

Question 12

Teachers attention, stereotyping and labeling- Francis (agreement with Spender)

Answer 12

Boys more likely to be disciplined and therefore take teacher attention so it may be true but its not productive attention

Question 13

Teachers attention, stereotyping and labeling- Groddal (agreement with Spender)

Answer 13

Boys attract attention because they are more boisterous and disruptive

Question 14

Teachers attention, stereotyping and labeling- Swann (agreement with Spender)

Answer 14

Boys dominate discussion whereas girls stay quiet and do there work

Question 15

Selection and league tables- 1988 education reform act

Answer 15

Due to the marketisation of education, there has been increased competition,
This is because of the introductions of formula funding and league tables which essentially puts pressure in schools to perform on order to raise league table position to attract more students so schools choose girls as they have best results and boys become the liability

Question 16

Evaluations of the gender gap internal factors- Liberal feminists?

Answer 16

Agree this is because we are seeing a much bigger march to progress, the education system has become much more meritocratic
Girls have reached their goals

Question 17

Evaluations of the gender gap internal factors- Radical feminists?
Weiner?

Answer 17

We are nowhere near equal
women still face sexual harassment
Reduced female subject choice
Male teachers more likely to be headteachers
Weiner- History is a women free zone

Question 18

Evaluations of the gender gap internal factors- Lobban?

Answer 18

Looked at 179 stories in primary schools and found that many of the still portrayed women as doing domestic roles

Question 19

Evaluations of the gender gap internal factors- General criticisms?

Answer 19

Assumes all labels/stereotypes stick
Men are still getting paid more then women

Question 19

Evaluations of the gender gap internal factors- Janet Ellwood?

Answer 19

Exams are the most important form of qualifications, coursework isn’t necessary to every subject so the fact that girls do better because theirs coursework is flawed