Topic 4 - Gender differences in education Flashcards
What do girls generally do better in? What are they more likely to do after school?
School
University
How have role models improved girls performance in education?
Growth in women’s employment has raised girls ambitions and expectations
What is the ‘crisis of masculinity’?
Boys become less ambitious due to a decline of traditionally male jobs and decline of the male breadwinner
What has feminism done to help girls?
- Challenge gender stereotypes of women being homemakers
- Raised awareness of the patriarchy and sex discrimination
How is more emphasis put on gender equality within schools?
Encouraging girls to go into ‘male’ subjects like STEM
How are girls seen as compared to boys?
More organized and motivated than boys
What type of subcultures do girls typically form? Which kind do boys typically form?
- Pro school subcultures
- Anti school subcultures
What do Girls pro-school subculture encourage? What do Boys anti-school subculture encourage?
- peer support
- masculinity and ‘laddish’ behaviour
Who generally matures earlier? What do they then take more seriously?
Girls
Their education
How are girls viewed in schools? What does this result in?
More Cooperative and better behaved
Teachers having higher expectations of them
Whos more likely to underestimate their abilities? Whos more likely to overestimate them?
Girls
Boys
What are girls more likely to do than boys? What does this develop?
Read more and discuss their schoolwork
Develop language and reasoning skills
Who are viewed as more organised/motivated?
Girls
What subjects are girls more likely to choose?
What subjects are boys more likely to choose?
Arts and humanities
Science and math
What did Smith find in regards to psychology students?
70% were girls
