Subject choice
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- Created on: 04-07-21 15:50
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- Subject choice
- Trend in A- level choices
- Girls choose art, languages and social sciences whilst males choose science and computer - based topics
- Trend in vocational education
- 1% of construction apprentices are female
- Gender role socialisation - external
- Norman - Girls are socialised more gently and are more protected whilst boys are encouraged to run around and get dirty
- Explains why there is a gender preference is some topics
- Postmodernists say there stereotypes are breaking down
- Gendered subject choice - internal
- Colley - arts and humanities are seen as feminine topics whilst science and technology is masculine
- Paechter et al says PE is a masculine topic but girls that studied it worked harder to express femininity in other areas
- Changing curriculum can alter these gendered images
- Gender identities within school - internal
- Skelton et al says they may choose subjects based on their own gender identity
- Feminists say stereotypical subjects reproduce patriarchy
- Trend in A- level choices
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