Gender differences in Education

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By 2014, the gender gap in educational achievement was at it's widest since...
2003
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Statistics for the 2014 GCSE results?
female A*-C grade rate was 73.1% compared to the 64.3% for males
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What were the gender gap percentage points?
8.8 percentage points
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Two main causes for female overachievement?
Home factors and internal factors in school
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1st Home Factor
Changing attitudes due to feminist campaigns and female role models
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2nd Home Factor
Changing attitudes lead to changes in the law that focus more on gender equality in the work place and at home
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3rd Home Factor
Increase in the percentage of working women in the past 40 years and the fall in the percentage of working men
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Statistic for the increase of working women?
In 2013, 67% of women aged 16-24 were in work which has risen significantly from the 53% in 1971
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4th Home Factor
Female role models inspiring girls to have greater aspirations about their education and career prospects
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Specific laws that emphasised gender equality?
the Equal Pay Act 1970, the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the Employement protection Act of 1975
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Equal pay act 1970?
prohibited men being paid more than women for the same job
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Sex Discrimination act 1975?
promoted equality of oppurtunity between men and women
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Employement protection act 1975
made it illegal to fire a woman due to pregnancy and introduced maternity leave
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Statistics for the 2014 GCSE results?

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female A*-C grade rate was 73.1% compared to the 64.3% for males

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What were the gender gap percentage points?

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Two main causes for female overachievement?

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1st Home Factor

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