There is a persistent 9 point Attainment score 8 gap between boys and girls.
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Department for Education (2019)
Girls are 14% more likely to pass English and Maths GCSE than boys.
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Mac & Ghaill (1994)
Boys achieve less than girls as there has been a crisis of masculinity due to the decline in traditional manual jobs dominated by men. This led to an identity crisis and some males began to question the need for qualifications as the jobs they would have
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Jackson (2006)
'Laddish' behaviour that has often led to boys achieving lower grades is a response to a fear of failure.
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Mitsos & Browne (1998)
Girls achieve more highly than boys because girls at 16 are more mature than boys, the feminist movement had an influence and girls are better motivated and more organised than boys.
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New Right View
Due to more single mothers, boys lack a male role model so look to men in the media who appear to have succeeded without doing well at school eg. footballers. This leads to poor effort.
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Girls are 14% more likely to pass English and Maths GCSE than boys.
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Department for Education (2019)
Card 3
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Boys achieve less than girls as there has been a crisis of masculinity due to the decline in traditional manual jobs dominated by men. This led to an identity crisis and some males began to question the need for qualifications as the jobs they would have
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Card 4
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'Laddish' behaviour that has often led to boys achieving lower grades is a response to a fear of failure.
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Card 5
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Girls achieve more highly than boys because girls at 16 are more mature than boys, the feminist movement had an influence and girls are better motivated and more organised than boys.
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