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6. Which Sociologists argue boys receive more attention than girls

  • Jane and Peter French
  • Mac and Ghail
  • Mitsos and Browne

7. Which sociologist argues girls look more attractive to schools as they tend to get better results creating a self-fulfilling prophecy

  • Roger Slee
  • David Jackson
  • Caroline Jackson

8. Which sociologist found in the 1970s English reading schemes showed women as housewives and men being inventive

  • Caroline Jackson
  • David Jackson
  • Gabby Weiner
  • Tabby Weiner

9. Which sociologist argues changing girls ambitions affects the position of a girls' class

  • Sue Sharpe
  • Diane Raey
  • Sue Palmer

10. Which type of feminist argues that we should celebrate the progress made in relation to gender differences in education and believe further progress will be made with policies etc

  • Liberal Feminists
  • Marxist Feminists
  • Radical Feminists

11. What is the gender gap at GCSE?

  • 10%
  • 8%
  • 5%

12. How much women were in paid work as of 2013

  • 6.7%
  • 67%
  • 76%

13. Which sociologist argues boys are less attractive to schools as they are more likely to suffer from behavioral difficulties

  • Roger Slee
  • David Jackson
  • Stephen Ball

14. Which sociologist argues that coursework favours girls as they are more organised, meet deadlines and take care with presentation

  • Mitsos and Brown
  • Mac and Ghail

15. Which type of feminist argues more work has to be done with gender differences in education due to sexual harassment of girls at school, male teachers more likely to be heads of secondary schools and womens contribution to history is ignored

  • Marxist Feminists
  • Radical Feminists
  • Liberal Feminists

16. Which sociologist argues girls prefer paired work and boys prefer group discussion and as a result girls are more favoured as their learning style is more appropriate within schools

  • Swann
  • Ball
  • Douglas

17. How does having more female teachers in schools increase girls' achievement

  • Female teachers are more likely to understand menstrual problems making girls feel safe
  • creates role model allowing girls to aspire to non-traditional work
  • girls can make friends with female teachers