Topic 4 Gender Differneces Flashcards
Boaler
Equal opportunity polices like GIST and WISE / national curriculum are key to changing female attainment
Gorard
1988 introduced GCSEs and coursework which. Favoured girls as they did much better than boys
Browne
- girls are better at coursework due to them being more organised due to primary socialisation
- globalisation has had a negative impact on boys engagement with education
Mc Robbie
Studied girls magazines compared to 1970s and sees a change in girls expectations
Archer
Working class girls seek to gain symbolic capital from their peers which comes to conflict with the school . This includes being loud , hyper heterosexual activity identity and focusing on their appearance
Evans
Working class girls who want to achieve is based on their caring nature of their identity but their class background might hold them back from elite universities
Read
Edu action might be dominated by females but has a masculine ethos
Esptein
Laddish subcultures form because working class boys who study are labelled as gay or sissies because they associate masculinity with tough labour
Bryne
Teachers encourage boys to be tough and girls to be nice and helpful . This early socialisation shapes boys and girls interests and gender domains
Norman
Subject choices are different due to gender role socialisation
Ross
Children’s beliefs about gender domains are based on early experience and will have an impact on subject choices
Connell
Hegemonic masculinity - subordinates feminine and gay identities which will have an impact on engagement and subject choices
Lees
- double standard in sexuality between boys and girls - girls called slags for many sexual partners whereas boys can boast about it
- name calling also enforces make power within the school structure
Ghail
- The male gaze subordinates the female position in school
- peer groups reduce a range of different class based masculine gender identities.
- many teachers tell off boys for acting like girls and ignore verbal abuse to them
