gender subject choice
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- Gender subject choice
- Socialisation
- Ann Oakley
- The canalisation of toys in early childhood contributes to stereotyp-ed ideologies of whats accepatble
- Creates a gender identity
- Supported by Norman with types of play influencing aspirations
- Boys playing with construction toys can spark interest in engineering
- The canalisation of toys in early childhood contributes to stereotyp-ed ideologies of whats accepatble
- Lobban
- Gender stereotypes in books
- More heros than heroines (35:71)
- Lack of role models within books
- Women are portrayed to take on domestic roles whereas men take on leading roles that are more dominant
- Girls read more than boys and enjoy it more yet books aren't shaped to encourage girls aspirations but rather cap them to minor submissive roles
- More heros than heroines (35:71)
- Gender stereotypes in books
- Ann Oakley
- Gender identity
- Stereotypes and social norms define typical behaviour. This produces gender identities in which acceptance of traditional gender roles is encouraged
- Favara
- Pressure to select subjects which fit and seem appropriate for gender identities
- Perceptions of mens jobs and womens jobs
- Colley
- gender perceptions of different subjects are important influences on subject choice
- Arts and humanities are perceived as feminine
- Science and technology are perceived as masculine
- Skelton et al
- Genders are drawn to subjects due to ideas of whats appropriate for their gender identity
- going against tradition can challenge masculinity or femininity
- Can lead to stigmatisation to go against the grain
- Girls that take physical education are called butch
- Learning Styles
- Francis and skelton
- Rationality, objectivity, abstract facts and memorisation suit male teaching styles
- maths and science match these
- subjectivity, emotion and real situations suit female teaching styles
- english and humanities
- BUT learning styles are simply a prerequisite of biological stereotypes that seem apparent due to genders being coerced into those subject types. They are rather a consequence of gender typical subject choice not a seperate conclusion.
- Rationality, objectivity, abstract facts and memorisation suit male teaching styles
- Kelly
- Science is male dominated eg running for equipment
- invisibility of girls in textbooks
- Francis and skelton
- Teacher influence
- Francis and Skelton
- Although its less apparent now teachers may reflect their own socialisation and expectations when giving advice
- 1980s teachers steer girls and boys to stereotypical gender subject choices
- BUT the introduction of GIST and WISE can combat this and ecourage girls to take STEM subjects to create a gender balance
- Francis and Skelton
- Socialisation
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