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gender gap within the education system
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- 1give two statistics that Browne and Webb stated about gender and achievement- girls do better than boys at every stage of SATs
-girls generally outperform boys in GCSE's - 2give an evaluation point about Webb and Browne's statistics on gendergirls and boys are both improving but girls at a faster rate
- 3why do girls outperform boys?-girls mature faster than boys
-teacher expectations
-feminism
-career opportunities - 4what has the impact of feminism done to educational achievement?it has made women more empowered
- 5what is the sex discrimination act 1975?this made gender discrimination in employment illegal
- 6what laws were put in place to stop gender discrimination?-equal pay
-abortion laws
-divorce law - 7who did a study about career opportunities and what did they find?Francis- interviewed girls about their career opportunities and concluded that due to increased employment opportunities, females have become extremely ambitious and aim for the 'high' professions such as doctors and solicitors
- 8give evidence of the expectations of women changingSue Sharpe- in 1976 she interviewed w/c girls in London and found that desperation's focused on family and motherhood. she repeated the study in 1994 and she found that girls had changed their aspirations- they wanted a career, independence and then maybe a relationship.
- 9what did mitsos and Browne say about coursework and GCSE's?coursework was more beneficial for girls as they spend more time on their work, they are more organised and they take better are in presentation than boys do
- 10give an evaluation point of mitsos and Brownes theory on courseworkcoursework isn't relevant anymore as the government is trying to get rid of it
- 11what is a liberal feminists perspective on the gender gap in education?see the improvements as a positive step in breaking down gender inequality within the education system arguing that it shows that meritocracy is reality
- 12what is a radical feminists perspective of the gender gap in education?they are more critical because they still see the education system as patriarchal
- 13why is there still a gender gap in education?-females subject choices are still restricted
-male teachers are still more likely to be the head teachers of secondary schools - 14what did Francis say about teacher attention when talking about gender?in the study found that boys received more attention than girls because they are more likely to be disruptive than girls
- 15what did swann say about boys attracting teacher attention?boys dominate discussions whereas girls are more likely to work quietly
- 16give a criticism of internal factors that explain the gender gap in educationJanette Elwood- argues that exams are more important than course work and therefore the argument that coursework has effected girls achievement is flawed.
- 17give 4 basic reasons why boys are underachieving-schools are feminised
-competition is not promoted
-lack of male role models
-not enough discipline in schools - 18what did Arnot say about a feminised education system?believed that boys who conformed to 'girly' educational success would be bullied by male anti-school subcultures
- 19what has a feminised economy done for the job opportunities for men?fewer 'male' jobs around than thee were 30 years ago as many manual jobs have moved abroad and men have been replaced by machines
- 20who supports the idea of a feminised economy?Mac and Ghaill
- 21what two names did a study on teacher expectations?kirkland rowland and myhill+jones
- 22what did myhill and Jones' do in their study about teacher expectations and what did they find?they conducted semi- structured interviews and asked 144 students from years 1-10 whether teachers treated boys differently
they found that participants indicated that boys were treated more negatively than girls in school. - 23what is the evaluation of myhill and jones' study on teacher expectations?it's a small study and would need to be bigger to able to prove that negative expectations from teachers towards boys is true.
- 24what did kirkland Rowland do in their study about teacher expectations and what did they find?-surveyed 500 secondary schools
-137,00 students and 280,000 parents
found that parents had lower expectations of boys - 25what is the name of the sociologist that did a study on boys attitudes and expectations?Barber- found that boys tend to over estimate their own ability whilst girls tend to under estimate their ability
- 26how are schools creating gender identities?by pushing boys into one role and girls into another
- 27what percentage of women are clustered into 10% of occupations?60%
- 28why is the education system becoming flawed for both boys and girls?because they are able to choose their subjects
- 29what did Connel say about gender identities?schools reinforced 'hegemonic masculinities' - the dominance of heterosexual masculine identities and the subordination of female and gay identities
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- sociological explanations of the education system and why some do better than others
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- jessiebessie8 · dic 2014
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