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Outline & assess sociological explanations for changes in educational attainment by females

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INTRO
- Girls outperform in all GCSE's but A Levels don't differ much
- Girls progress in education is not replicated in the workplace - Glass ceiling, men earn 20% more etc
FEMINIST VIEW
- 60/70's feminists became a lot more prominent and helped women be seen as equals (Jane Greer)
- Primary schools may be more feminine but males have the top roles - effecting girls attainment in education from a young age
- Training schemes don't break down gender stereotypes
  - BUSWELL - Structured to reinforce inequality - jobs lead to low pay
    - FRANCIS ET AL - work placements, girls being channelled to creative and caring roles
- NOT FAIR & GIRLS STILL BEING OPPRESSED THROUGH EDUCATION = EFFECTING ATTAINMENT
INTERACTIONIST VIEW
- M/C white girls are the 'ideal' pupil
- BECKER, ROSENTHAL AND JACOBSON - labelling
  - Self fulfilling prophecy
MARXIST VIEW
- MAC AN GHAILL - crisis of masculinity
  - More office jobs, less manual jobs
- Moral panic?
  - GORDON BROWN (2006) - w/c boys lowest achieving, likely to be excluded, 'wasted generation'
- FRANCIS - Boys no longer see themselves as able as girls like in the 70/80's
- WILLS - anti school subcultures (Lads and ear'oles)
  - * Girls have anti school subcultures too, JACKSON 'ladettes', BLACKMAN 'New wave'
    - SUBCULTURES CAN'T BE TO BLAME FOR ATTAINMENT LEVELS!
  - Boys reject education before it rejects them