Which of these isn't an external factor of the improvement in girls achievement?
The impact of feminism
Changes in law
Changes in the family
Girls changing ambitions and perceptions
The impact of feminism: Since 1960's feminism challenged traditional stereotypes of a women's role as a Mother and a Housewife in a patriarchal family.
Changes in the family: What are THREE of the major changes to the family in the last 30 years?
Increase in divorce rate
Increase in Cohabitation
Increase in lone-parent families
Racism
Laws
Changes in women's employment: There have been some important changes to women's jobs in the recent years.
Girl's changing ambition: Sue Sharpe compered results of interviews she carried out with girls in TWO different periods, what were they?
1970's
1990's
1980's
2000's
1975
Internal factors include which 6 out of the following?
Equal opportunities policies
Positive role models in schools
GCSE & coursework
Teacher attention
Challenging stereotypes in the curriculum
Selection and league tables
Girl's changing ambitions and perceptions
Equal opportunities policies: The belief that boys and girls should have the same opportunities in school are now part of mainstream thinking
Positive role models in school: In recent years the proportion of female teachers and female head-teachers has decreased
GCSE & Coursework: What did Mitsos and Browne argue?
That girls are more successful in coursework because they are organised.
That boys are most likely to succeed, they have more help to achieve.
Teacher attention: Research suggests that teachers respond more positively to boys than girls
Teacher attention: Why do teachers respond to girls better than boys?
More co-operative
More organised
More polite
More smarter