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Gender - Subject Choice - Coggle Diagram
Gender - Subject Choice
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National Curriculum gives pupils little freedom to choose or drop subjects by making most subjects compulsory until 16
where choice is possible both in the National Curriculum + much more so after 16, boys + girls tend to follow different 'gender routes'
big gender differences in entries for A-Level subjects + gender segregation is very noticeable in vocational training
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Gendered Subject Images
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:( pupils who attend single sex schools tend to hold less stereotyped subject images + make less traditional choices
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Gender, Vocational Choice + Class
working class pupils may make decisions about vocational courses based on a traditional sense of gender identity
Fuller
most of the girls in her study had ambitions to go into jobs such as childcare or hair + beauty, reflecting their working habitus - their sense of what's a realistic expectation for 'people like us'
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