Gender and DEA
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- Gender and DEA
- everyone is improving but girls have improved quicker so have over taken boys
- 2014 GCSE results: a*-c 73.1% for girls and 64.3% for boys
- Why?
- Girls and boys encouraged in the same way (teachers and parents)
- Feminism - change in attitudes
- Raised awareness of need for equal opportunities
- Anti - sexist initiatives in schools have raised teachers' and pupils' conciousness
- Weiner argues that teachers have more forcefully challenged stereotypes since the 1980s and many sexist images have been removed from textbooks
- Changing employment patterns - more career focused as able to do any job
- 2006 - 3/4 of women in employment with many in higher status, well paid positions
- Family changes: divorce, single parent families and singlehood
- Hannan - researched into how boys and girls spend their leisure time - girls gossip and boys outside. This puts girls at an advantage in school because most subjects require good communication skills - written and oral
- Ambition - sue sharp
- Francis and skelton - found many girls have ambitious career plans, with many looking forward towards jobs that require degree - level qualifications
- Shift in role models
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