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Gender and subject choice (gender role socialization (Patricia Murphy +…
Gender and subject choice
A + AS level
Difference in subject choice more noticeable at 16
More subject choice
boys - maths + physics
girls - social sciences + english
Since 2012 amount of girls taking physics been constant
20%
Vocational courses
gender segregation more noticeable
1 in 100 childcare students are male
Gendered subject images
effects who will take what subect
Science
teachers - usually male
textbooks - draw boy interests
Anne Colley - 1998
Why boys do better in computer studies
involves machinery - male domain
less group work
Gender identity + peer pressure
peers may apply pressure if disapproval of subject choice
If a boy chooses dance - have a negative response
single sex schools have more variation in subject choice
the other sex is not there to judge
Gender career opportunities
jobs tend to be sex-typed
womens jobs fall into 4 categories
clerical
secretarial
personal service
cleaning
effects boys + girls ideas about jobs possible
vocational courses are more gendered and closer related to career plans
Gender, vocational choice + class
working class make decisions based on gender
Carol Fuller - 2011
girls in working class went into childcare + health and beauty
Certain subjects include work experience placements
Schools channel students towards jobs
single sex schooling
less stereotypical views on subject choice
Diana Leonard - 2006
girls are more likely to take maths and science at A level
Boys tend to take more languages
gender role socialization
Different learning behaviour expected from boys + girls
Fiona Norman - 1988
found from an early age that boys + girls are treated differently
have different toys
different activities
different clothing
Eileen Byrne -1979
Found teachers encourage boys to be tough, show initiative, not to be weak
girls are taught to be neat, quiet, helpful
Patricia Murphy + Janette Elwood - 1988
boys and girls read different material, effects subject choice
could explain why boys take subjects like science and girls do english
boys read information + hobby books
girls read stories about people