Karteikarten
Identity, class and girls' achievement (positives for girls)
Karten in diesem Stapel (8)
- 1Hyper-heterosexual feminine identitiesGirls invest considerable amount of time and money into appearance - brought status form female peers
Eval: This brought conflict with the school - violation of dress code, prevented from engaging in education.
Bourdieu - symbolic violence (defining their culture as worthless). - 2BoyfriendsBoyfriends brought symbolic capital. However, it got in the way of schoolwork and lowered girls' aspirations - aspire to settle down and work locally.
- 3Being 'loud'Adopted loud, assertive and independent identities - questioned teachers' authority and failed to conform to school's stereotypes - interpreted behaviour as aggressive rather than assertive.
- 4Working-class girls' dilemma- gain symbolic capital
- gain educational capital
Archer - wc feminine identities and educational success were in conflict - investment in such identity was the main cause of underachievement. - 5'Successful' working-class girls sociologistsEvans
Skegg
Archer - 6EvansWanted to go to uni to increase earning power but for family not for themselves.
- 7SkeggFear of debt was major issue for working-class girls when applying for uni.
Eval: living at home made HE more affordable.
Eval: this limited choice of uni and market value of degree. - 8ArcherStrong preference for the local/familiar - being close to family/caring = important part of identity - leads to self-exclusion.
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- AS - Level Sociology (Education (gender)) Karteikarten am Identity, class and girls' achievement (positives for girls), erstellt von Gertruda Dambrauskaite am 29/03/2017.
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- Gertruda Dambrauskaite
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