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Flashcards by ashiana121, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by ashiana121
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| Question | Answer |
| Boys and girls tend to follow different ______ ______ when choosing their subjects | Gender routes |
| In the National Curriculum there are some options in what subjects you can take. Give an example of where this is different for boys and girls. | Design and technology - boys tend to pick resistant materials, girls tend to pick food technology or textiles |
| Give some examples of the gender differences in subject choice in post-16 education (A-levels and Uni) | Boys opt for maths and physics, girls opt for modern languages and English |
| In what type of subjects is the gender segregation at its greatest? | Vocational subjects - only 1% of construction apprentices are female |
| What are the four factors responsible for explaining gender differences in subject choice? | - Early socialisation - Gendered subject images - Peer pressure - Gendered career opportunities |
| What does gender role socialisation include? | Learning the behaviour expected of males and females |
| From an early age, boys and girls are _______ differently | Dressed |
| In the family how are girls and boys rewarded differenly? | Boys rewarded for being active, girls rewarded for being passive |
| Who found that at school, teachers expected boys to be tough and show initiative while they expected girls to be quiet, helpful, tidy etc? | Bryne |
| How do Murphey and Elwood argue that leisure reading effects subject choice? | Boys - prefer hobby books and information texts to prefer science subjects Girls - prefer books about people and so prefer English |
| What are gender domains? | Tasks and activities that are seen as either male or female 'territory' |
| How are these views shaped? | Childrens early experiences and the expectations of adults |
| Who found that when given an open-ended task of designing a boat, boys designed powerboats and battleships while girls designed cruise ships? | Browne and Ross |
| What does this reflect? | The different gender domains |
| How does this affect subject choice? | Humans feelings are part of the female domain, so girls choice humanities How things works it part of the male domain, so boys choose sciences |
| Subjects that are seen as either male or female are said to have a ______ _____ | Gender image |
| Given this, why is science usually taken by boys? | Mainly taught by men Textbooks traditionally use boys interests as examples Seen as a masculine subject Part of the male gender domain |
| What factor also links to gender domains and subject image? | Peer pressure |
| What are gendered careers and give some examples | Careers that are seen as either 'men's' or 'women's' ie dominated by one gender E.g nursing and construction work |
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