Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Explanations for improvements in girls'
achievements
- Changes in attitude
- Sharpe
- Girls priorities and aspirations have changed from 70's to the 90's
- Francis and Skelton
- Girls saw their futures identities in terms of careers rather
than seeking employment as a stop gap between marriage
- Beck
- Risk society- girls are more 'individualised' and focus more on their own needs- self sufficiency
- Equal opportunity programmes
- Mitsos and Browne
- State programmes have improved things for girls
- Equal Pay Act 1970
- GIST/ WISE
- Arnot
- Growing numbers of female teachers providing positive
role models for girls to encourage success
- Girls socialise in bedrooms
- Home environment is more conducive to learning
- McRobbie
- Bedroom culture
- Oakley
- 4 key processes- the feminine traits
produced are conducive to learning
- Feminisation of the workplace
- Mac an Ghail
- Traditional manual jobs have gone
- Mitsos and Browne
- State the above have been replaced with service sector work
- Changes in the education system
- McRobbie and Oakley
- This could be linked to gender socialisation being organised etc
- Education Reform Act
- Saw the introduction of coursework subjects
- GIST / WISE
- Aimed to get girls into traditionally masculine subjects
- The women's movement and Feminism
- Sharpe
- Girls aspirations have changed from 70's to 90's
- Mitsos and Browne
- Feminism has raised expectations and self esteem, women are more likely to aspire for more
- Arnott
- Growing number of female teachers providing positive role models for girls to encourage success
- Equal Pay Act 1970 + Sew Discrimination Act 1975
- Evaluation
- Underachieving Girls
- Archer
- Sexualised hyer feminine girls, feel it is more important to look
good for boys. Achieving is not the priority
- Jackson
- Laddettes girls form subcultures and underachieve
- Subject choice
- Skelton
- Patriarchal curriculum
- Kelly
- Science is packaged for boys
- Colley
- Subject preferences
- Social class and ethnic divisions
- Jackson
- Girls are resisting patriarchy those who do this do not achieve (Working Class)
- Mirza
- Resisting labels from teachers. They try to do well in spite
- Hendessi
- Ignored as they do not cost the government money