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38 Cards in this Set
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External factors effecting girls achievement |
Feminism Change in the family Changes in women's employment Girls changing ambitions |
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Feminism and education achievement |
Improved women rights have made girls have better self esteem. More role models in media |
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Changes in family and educational achievement |
More women breadwinners New adults role model |
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Changes in women's employment and educational achievement |
1970 equal pay act Growing amount of women in employment Growth of service sector Pay gap decreased |
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Girls changing ambitions and educational achievement |
Sue Sharpe compared results of interviews from 70s and 90s and girls now want to be independent and work for themselves |
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Beck and beck gernsheim |
A career has become part of a womens life project because it promises recognition and self sufficiency |
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Fuller 2011 |
Girls seem themselves as creators of their own future. Believe in meritocracy |
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Internal factor and girls achievement |
Equal opportunities policies Positive role models GCSE and coursework Teacher attention Challenging stereotypes in curriculum Selection and league tables |
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Equal opportunities policies and education achievement |
Gist and wise encourage girls to pursue careers in non traditional areas. Female scientists visit school - non sexist role models |
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Jo Boaler |
Impact of equal opportunities policies as a key reason for the changes in girls achievement |
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Positive role models and educational achievement |
More female teachers - schools have become feminised expecially primary schools |
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Stephen godard |
The gender gap increased after gcse was introduced - gender achievement is product of the changed system of assessment rather than any more general failing of boys |
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Eirene mitsos and Ken browne |
Girls are more successful at coursework because they are more organised and have been encouraged to be more neat, tidy and patient |
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Jannette elwood |
Coursework is unlikely to be main reason because exam have more influence on final grades |
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Dale spender |
Found that teachers spend more time interacting with boys than girls |
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Jane and Peter french |
Found that the amount of time spent on girls and boys academically was equal. Boys received more attention for disapproval |
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Becky Francis |
Boys got more attention by teachers but were disciplined more harshly |
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Joan and David graddol |
Boys were general more boisterous so attracted teacher attention |
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Swann 1998 |
Boys dominate a whole discussion whereas girls are better and listening and cooperating |
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Challenging stereotypes and educational achievement |
Girls used to be shown as amazed and frightened by science or viewed as housewives |
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Gaby weiner |
Sexist images have been removed from text books and now present more positive images |
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David Jackson |
High achieving girls are attractive to schools whereas low achieving boys are not. Girls are more likely to be recruited by good schools |
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Roger slee |
Boys are less attractive to school because they are more like to suffer from behavioural difficulties and are 4 times more likely to be excluded |
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Gender class and girls achievement |
40.6% of girls on free school meals achieve 5 A*-C gcse 67.5% of non free school meals got 5 A*-C |
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Archer et el |
Argued there is conflict between working class girls feminine identities and the values and ethos of the school |
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What is symbolic capital |
Status, recognition and sense of worth that we obtain from others |
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Girls use the following strategies to gain symbolic capital |
Adopting a hyper heterosexual feminine identity Having a boyfriend Being loud |
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Evans |
Found that girls wanted to go to university to increase there earnings to help there family |
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Archer |
Many working class girls have a preference for local universities |
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Why are boys underachieving on education |
Literacy Globalisation and the decline of men's jobs Feminisation of education Shortage of male primary school teachers Laddish subculture |
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Dfes |
Gender gap is due to boys poor literacy skills |
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Mitsos and Browne |
Claim that the decline in employment has led to an identity crisis for men |
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Tony sewell |
Education has become feminised and masculine traits are not nurtured in education |
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Dfes stats |
Men now make up 16% of primary school teachers |
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Yougov |
39% of 8-11 year olds have no lessons taught by teachers |
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Becky Francis - school teachers |
2/3 of 7/8 years old believe that the gender of the teacher doesn't matter |
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Francis - lads |
Boys are more worried than girls about getting labelled as a swots |
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Tracy mcVeigh |
Girls and boys have similar achievement in education |