external gender achievement
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- Created on: 17-04-13 17:20
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- INTERNAL FACTORS AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ACHIEVEMENT
- EQUAL OPPITUNITIES POLICIES
- GIST(get girls in to science )
- WISE(women in to science and engineiring
- 1988 change in curriculum allowed boys and girls to study mostly same things
- Barriers have been broken and schools have become meritocratic
- POSITIVE ROLE MODELS IN SCHOOLS
- Increase in female teachers and heads-positive role model for girls
- have primary schools become feminised ?
- GCSE & COURSEWORK
- GORARD concludes that the gender gap in achievement is a 'product of the changed system of assessment'
- MITSOS & BROWNE conclude that coursework is better for girls as they are more conscientious and better organised
- girls gain from maturing earlier
- TEACHER ATTENTION
- SPENDER said teachers spend more time interacting with boys
- FRANCIS found boys got more attention but disciplined harsher and felt picked on
- boys demanded more attention but interaction with girl was more positive
- SWANN boys dominate whole class, girls prefer group and paired work
- SPENDER said teachers spend more time interacting with boys
- CHALLENGING STEROPTYPES IN CURRICLUM
- Removal of gender stereo types in text books helped
- SELECTION AND LEAUGUE TABLES
- achools see girls as more desirable as they produce higher results
- girls more likely to be accepeted in to high achieving schools as they do better in exams leading to self fulfilling prophecy
- boys may be seen as liability students,
- EQUAL OPPITUNITIES POLICIES
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