Gender And Educational Achievement
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- Created by: alice donnelly
- Created on: 21-01-13 23:21
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- Gender and Educational Achievement
- By the age of 16, girls outperform boys in maths and english. Generally girls outperform at GCSE and A level
- Girls
- Wilkinson
- Young women have experienced a 'genderquake'- profound changes in attitudes and expectations
- Sharp
- Girls have different priorities now
- Still problems- glass ceiling effect and WC still disproportionately underachieve
- Wilkinson
- Boys
- Epstein Et Al
- Boys' underachievement is a problem now because of the lack of factory jobs now
- Becker
- The ideal pupil is a girl- teachers label boys
- Mac An Ghaill
- Changes in the economy and a rise in male unemployment have undermined ambition. This has led to anti school subcultures so boys underachieve
- Epstein Et Al
- Warrington & Younger
- Gender in education is only the fifth most important factor in educational performance
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