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| Question | Answer |
| give 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 |
| give an evaluation point about Webb and Browne's statistics on gender | girls and boys are both improving but girls at a faster rate |
| why do girls outperform boys? | -girls mature faster than boys -teacher expectations -feminism -career opportunities |
| what has the impact of feminism done to educational achievement? | it has made women more empowered |
| what is the sex discrimination act 1975? | this made gender discrimination in employment illegal |
| what laws were put in place to stop gender discrimination? | -equal pay -abortion laws -divorce law |
| who 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 |
| give evidence of the expectations of women changing | Sue 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. |
| what 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 |
| give an evaluation point of mitsos and Brownes theory on coursework | coursework isn't relevant anymore as the government is trying to get rid of it |
| what 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 |
| what is a radical feminists perspective of the gender gap in education? | they are more critical because they still see the education system as patriarchal |
| why 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 |
| what 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 |
| what did swann say about boys attracting teacher attention? | boys dominate discussions whereas girls are more likely to work quietly |
| give a criticism of internal factors that explain the gender gap in education | Janette Elwood- argues that exams are more important than course work and therefore the argument that coursework has effected girls achievement is flawed. |
| give 4 basic reasons why boys are underachieving | -schools are feminised -competition is not promoted -lack of male role models -not enough discipline in schools |
| what 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 |
| what 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 |
| who supports the idea of a feminised economy? | Mac and Ghaill |
| what two names did a study on teacher expectations? | kirkland rowland and myhill+jones |
| what 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. |
| what 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. |
| what 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 |
| what 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 |
| how are schools creating gender identities? | by pushing boys into one role and girls into another |
| what percentage of women are clustered into 10% of occupations? | 60% |
| why is the education system becoming flawed for both boys and girls? | because they are able to choose their subjects |
| what 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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