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GENDER & SUBJECT CHOICE - Coggle Diagram
GENDER & SUBJECT CHOICE
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GENDERED SUBJECT IMAGES
- KELLY argues that science is seen as a boys subject for many reasons:
- science teachers more likely to be men
- the examples teachers use in textbooks draw on boys interests more than girls
- in science lessons boys monopolise the apparatus, dominating the lab, acting like its theirs
- COLLEY anotes that computer studies is seen as a masculine subject for 2 reasons:
- it involves working with machines- part of the male gender domain
- the way its taught is off putting to females- e.g few opportunities for group work, which favours girls
SINGLE SEX SCHOOLING
- Pupils who attend single-sex schools tend to hold less stereotypes subject images and make less traditional subject choices
- LEONARD found that compared to students in mixed schools, girls in all-girls schools were more likely to choose maths and s science a levels, while boys in all-boys schools were more likely to choose English and languages
- girls from single sex schools were more likely to study male-dominated subjects at university
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