Education

• STATISTICS:

  • Statistics show that girls on average achieve around 9% higher in their GCSEs compared to boys with around 74% gaining a grade 4 or higher compared with 65% of boys
  • Boys are 3 times more likely to be excluded than girls
  • 80% of teachers are female
• Which sociologists give reasons which are external factors for why boys do worse at school?

  • Frosh (boys not socialised to care for school)
  • Mac An Ghail (crisis in masculinity impacts school)
• Which sociologists internal reasons for why boys do worse at school?

  • Swann (positive labelling of girls)
  • Mac An Ghail (the 3Fs)
  • Mitos & Browne (course work + organisational skills)
• What are all the reasons for why boys do worse at school?

  1. Swann -- positive labelling
  2. Mac An Ghail -- crisis in masculinity
  3. Frosh -- school is seen as feminine (socialisation)
  4. Mitos & Browne -- girls are conscientious and organised
  5. Mac An Ghail -- the 3Fs
• Which sociologist claims that working class boys experience a crisis in masculinity which impacts their results in school?

  Mac An Ghail
• Mac An Ghail - working class boys experience a crisis in masculinity which impacts their results in school. This is due to the decline in traditional masculine jobs, causing boys to lack positive attitudes towards education as they do not feel there is a reason to do well in school.
• Why does Mac An Ghail claim working class boy experience a crisis in masculinity that impacts academic achievements?

  due to the decline in traditional masculine jobs, causing boys to lack positive attitudes towards education as they do not feel there is a reason to do well in school.
• Which sociologist suggested that the way that boys are socialised has detrimental effects on their education?

  Frosh
• Frosh - the way that boys are socialised has detrimental effects on their education. He suggests that boys are taught that being hardworking is a feminine trait and therefore causes boys to avoid looking as though they try at school in front of peers.
• Swann - teachers have more positive perceptions of girls as they are less disruptive than boys - this leads to positive labelling and a self-fulfilling prophecy
• Which sociologist noticed that teachers had more positive perceptions of girls - leading to positive labelling and self fulling prophecies?

  Swann
• Mac An Ghail - found that boys gained status based on their achievements in the following 3 categories football, fighting and fucking; the 3Fs. None of these categories helped boys succeed in school.
• Which sociologist found that boys gained status within the 3Fs?

  Mac An Ghail
• disproportionate amount of female teachers in education which provides girls with positive role models and gives an impression that school is feminine. Mitos & Browne add that girls are more successful in education and achieve higher grades in coursework. They argue that girls are more conscientious and have better organisational skills than boys.
• Which sociologists argue that girls are more successful in education and achieve higher grades in coursework. Because of a belief that girls are more conscientious and have better organisational skills than boys?

  Mitos & Browne
• Boys are 3 times more likely to be excluded than girls
• 80% of teachers are female
• Statistics show that girls on average achieve around 9% higher in their GCSEs compared to boys with around 74% gaining a grade 4 or higher compared with 65% of boys