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- 2. In the 1960sand 1970s sociologists were concerned about the underachievement of girls. By the 1990s this concern had switched to the boys.
- 5. The Qualifications andCurriculum Authority found girls scored higher on all tests. 62% of girls could concentrate for 10 minutes Only 49% of boys could 56% of girls could write/spell their name 42% of boys could DfES (2007) 70% of children with special educational needs are boys
- 6. Girls do betterin all subjects Although the gap is less in Maths and Science
- 7. There is arounda 10% difference between boys and girls achieving 5 GCSEs at grade A-C
- 8. Girls are morelikely to pass and get higher grades. The gap is much narrower than at GCSE. (2006) 95.8% of girls passed two or more Alevels and only 94% of boys did.
- 9. Both genders haveimproved every year It’s just that girls have improved more Not all boys underachieve (Coffrey, 2001)
- 10. Certain groups ofboys are more likely to fail than others Social class is a huge determining factor in this (Epstein et al, 1998) Class has over 5 times the effect of gender on attainment (Gilbourne and Mirza, 2000)
- 11. When the 11+test was introduced in the 1940s more girls passed than boys The results had to be ‘adjusted’ So girls doing better is not necessarily a new phenomena (Chitty, 2002)
- 12. Create a mindmap of reasons for this ‘gender gap’
- 13. Factors affecting achievementcan be split into two categories. INTERNAL FACTORS EXTERNAL FACTORS
- 14. 1. 2. 3. What is feminism? Brieflydescribe two different strands of feminism Outline how feminism may have helped girls achieve more at school
- 15. 1. Feminism is asocial movement concerned with equal rights for women in all areas of life.
- 16. Liberal feminism –seeks to create equality through changes to the law. Marxist feminism – believes that inequality stems from the capitalist economic system. Radical feminism – believes inequality stems from male power (Patriarchy) and only truly radical solutions will work Difference feminism – notes the importance of individual experience (not all women experience the same difficulties)
- 17. Sue Sharpe ‘Justlike a girl’ (1976 and 1994) Found that 1990s girls were More assertive More ambitious More confident Main priorities of 70s girls were ‘love, marriage, and children’
- 18. Feminism has challengedthe ‘traditional’ image of women as housewives and mothers only. Feminism has challenged the gender binary
- 19. Masculine Feminine Dominant Strong Logical Aggressive Protective Sexually assertive Blue Breadwinner Sporty Competitive Submissive Weak Emotional Passive In needof protection Sexually passive Pink Homemaker Caring Sensitive
- 20. From the momentchildren are born, they are assigned a gender that will affect the ways people interact with them. Children learn gendered norms and gender stereotypes
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- 23. In the 60sand 70s women were often depicted in domestic roles. The ladybird reading scheme was used in many schools. How might the following images normalise gendered roles?
- 26. Angela McRobbie (1994) Contentanalysis of girl’s magazines from the 70s and 90s Jackie magazine emphasised the importance of getting married and not getting ‘left on the shelf’
- 27. Angela McRobbie (1994) Modernmagazines have images of assertive, independent women. Similarly TV programmes have more positive female role models.
- 30. Perform your owncontent analysis on some modern magazines. What images are they portraying to young women?
- 31. Can you thinkof any girl power icons or positive role models from the media?