Factors affecting boys achievement
- Created by: biggestdrakefan
- Created on: 04-07-21 15:29
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- Factors affecting male achievement
- Literacy - Internal
- Boys do not like reading
- Won't complete activities to achieve better such as taking notes and are more likely to have restricted linguistic code
- Helps explain why girls have an early advantage however not all boys dislike reading
- Feminisation of education - internal
- Education is designed to be more 'girl-friendly'
- Boys may no longer be interested in 'feminine' subjects which is why girls have a consistent lead in English
- Some boys go on to study 'feminine' topics at university or further education
- Lack of male primary teachers - internal
- Less male role models so learning can seem quite feminine
- A lack of a male teacher to look up to so they have no key educational figure to follow
- Can be used to develop strategies to improve boys results
- Laddish subcultures - internal
- Boys tend to form anti-school subcultures to increase their masculinity
- They won't pay attention to class as they are too busy disrupting classmates etc.
- Explains why boys are so disruptive however assumes girls are not distruptive
- Crisis of masculinity - external
- Boys may lack ambition if there are no jobs available after school
- Will see no point in working hard so are more likely to form a subculture
- Looks at wider society issues
- Moral Panic - external
- A societal panic about the underachievement of boys however this could be a media exaggeration
- Literacy - Internal
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