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Gender and Education
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A2 level Sociology (Education) Mind Map on Gender and Education, created by eharveyhudl on 20/01/2015.
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gender
education
boys
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sociology
education
a2 level
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Gender and Education
Female
Internal factors
Challenging stereotypes
Removal of gender stereotypes removes barrier to achievement
Teacher attention
Franics says boys get picked on and that teachers have low expectations of them
GCSEs/ coursework
GCSEs 1988
Gorard says coursework favours girls
Equal opportunites policies
GIST (Girls into science and technology)
National Curriculum 1988
So boys and girls generally study the same subjects
External factors
Changes in Family
Increase in divorce rates
Smaller families
More time to work
Rise of lone parent families
Women know they have to be independent
Changes in women's employment
Rise of service sector which has skills associated with females
Females work harder to get these jobs
Girls changing ambitions
Sharpe
Unstructured interviews of girls attitudes to education and family
1970s girls thought if they were intelligent, they would be seen as unattractive, prioritised love over a career
1990s girls wanted a career
Male
Internal factors
Teachers have lower expectations of boys
Creates self fulfilling prophecies
Formation of laddish subcultures
Francis
As girls move into masculine subjects, boys are laddish to prove they are different to girls
Hidden Curriculum
Associated with femininity
Punctuality, revision etc
External factors
Boys and literacy
Their leisure activities do not improve their reading e.g. sport
Parents spend less time reading with their sons
Mothers read more than fathers, so they associate it with femininity
Changes in job market
Deindustrialisation
Little point in working hard if there are few jobs for them
Masculinity
Overconfident
Surprised when they fail exams and put it down to bad luck
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