Gender and subject choice

• Skelton, Francis and Valkanova(2007) (1) men pursue STEM subjects whereas women pursue arts and humanities
• Colley(1998) due to young women pursuing humanities subjects they often end up in low-paid professions
• Mitsos(1996)?


  Subjects are given gender identities, boys steer away from 'feminine subjects'.
• What does Barber state about boys?

  In 1996, Barber states that boys overestimate their capabilities due to living in patriarchy, assuming they will outperform girls.
• Kelly argues that science is a male dominated subject as there are more male teachers
• haralambos and holborn(2013)?


  performance of boys steadily improving gender gap in attainment is narrowing