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Gender differences in education- and gender gap- girls consistently do…
Gender differences in education- and gender gap- girls consistently do better than boys from key stage 1 and in GCSE. But boys do better throughout a-levels
External factors and gender differences in achievement -
Impact of feminism- strives for equality and challenges the role of women in the nuclear family, and there has been changes in women role models and encouragement in magazines
Girls changing ambition-
Sue Sharp interviewed girls and they gave
priorities to getting a husband and family
AO3- 1990 changes in ambition and led to ambition to get a career
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Some wc girls still have gender stereotyped aspirations and expect to go into low paid work
Bigart (2002)- wc girls more likely to face precarious role in labour and the most viable option is to go into motherhood - less point in achieving a good education
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Identity,class and differences in girl's achievement- symbolic capital- Archer values for wc girls and strategies they adopt to gain sene of self
Hyper-heterosexual identities-
invest time and effort into how they look so they look desirable and if not they will be isolated or called 'tramp'- Symbolic violence
School ideal student- de-secualised and mc
Boyfriends-
got in the way of education and aspirations of career but not focus on settling down and work locally
Being 'loud'
become loud,independent and outspoken and this does not conform to school ideal student
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Successful wc girls-
some do succeed in their aspirations and go onto to achieve higher education but also depends on gender identity and social class-mc will always achieve better
Boys and achievement-
Globalisation-
there is a shortage of traditional male jobs and undermines motivation to do well in education
AO3- mostly in wc jobs which require few qualification so it depends on motivation
Feminisation of education-
Tony sewell- school does not nurture masculine traits and seen in coursework and girs will always do better than boys- organised
need final exams
Shortage of male teachers-
lack male role models and causes underachievement- culture feminised and can't handle boy behaviour and need male teacher to discipline
AO3- research that female teachers discipline like male ones
Gender subject choices-
girls do not choose subjects like physics-30% and people like instiutional of physics want to increase
Gender role socialisation-
boys are taught to be tough and show initiative and girls quiet and tidy~ gender domains and girls and boys are given different tasks in school=change their perspective
Gendered subject images-
subjects seen as effeminate or masculine- science and computing-use machine and apparatus
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