Gender Differences
- Created by: Harringtons
- Created on: 16-05-16 17:49
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- Gender Differences
- In School Factors
- Equal Opportunities
- Underperformance of girls in the past led to a great emphasis on equal opportunities
- Encouraged girl friendliness in male dominated subjects.
- Teachers are much more friendlier and sensitive when avoiding gender stereotypes.
- GCSE and Courseowork
- Girls put in much more effort and time on their assignments.
- They have much better educational outcomes.
- Teacher Attention
- Teachers pay more attention to girls in schools as they statistically do much better.
- Girls are more independent, work harder, more organised, etc.
- Stereotypes in the curriculum
- The language in textbooks only use male references such as 'him', ect.
- Girls are only see as 'housewives',etc in the textbooks.
- Equal Opportunities
- Out of School Factors
- Roles Models
- Many girls today have mothers working in paid employment.
- They now recognise that the future involves paid employment, combined with family responsibility.
- Changes in the Family
- Increase in family adversity has led to more female headed households.
- They now take on a lose of subordinate roles and improve status.
- Impact of Feminism
- Increase in female jobs, the educational system is sexiest.
- Children are only taught in books about make leaders and role models.
- Changes in the workforce
- Enabled females to aspire to achieve more therefore meaning that working mothers provide a positive role model.
- Women Ambitions
- They have an increasing number of role models.
- More motivated into achieving goals- may want to work in technology, etc.
- Roles Models
- In School Factors
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