3. Gender Differences in Education

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Gender Gap
The difference between achievement of boys & girls at GCSE
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Sharpe: girls' changing aspirations
1970s: Priorities included marriage & children. 1990s: Priorities included jobs & careers
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Fuller: w/c girls' aspirations
W/c girls aspired to traditional roles as these were viewed as more attainable
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GIST & WISE
Equal opportunities policies designed to encourage girls to take STEM subjects
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French & French: teacher attention
Teachers gave more attention to boys overall because they were more likely to attract punishment for misbehaviour
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Swann: classwork
Boys dominate class discussions, where girls preferred group work & are better at listening & cooperating
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Hyper-heterosexual feminine identities
Where girls construct glamorous identities that earn symbolic capital from peers, but bring them into conflict with the school
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Sewell: the feminisation of schooling
Introduction of coursework & lack of male teachers means boys are alienated from education
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Ringrose: the moral panic about boys
The moral panic about failing boys has led to neglect of problems faced by girls e.g. sexual harrassment
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Connell: Homogenic Masculinity
The dominance of heterosexual male identity & subordination of female & gay identities is reproduced by schools
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Lees: verbal abuse
Boys use the terms "****" and "frigid" to police girls' sexual identities. There is no equivalent for boys
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The Male Gaze
A form of social control where male pupils look female pupils up & down as sexual objects
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1970s: Priorities included marriage & children. 1990s: Priorities included jobs & careers

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Sharpe: girls' changing aspirations

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W/c girls aspired to traditional roles as these were viewed as more attainable

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Equal opportunities policies designed to encourage girls to take STEM subjects

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Teachers gave more attention to boys overall because they were more likely to attract punishment for misbehaviour

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