Girls external and internal achievement

• Diane Raey - Class, Gender and ambition


  Class plays an important factor in the opportunities and aspirations that women have

  E.g. Working class women less likely to apply to university
• Equal opportunities policies - internal (GIST + WISE)


  Government policies were introduced to tackle gender inequality encouraging more girls into STEM

  GIST = girls into science and technology

  WISE = women in science and engineering
• Mitsos and Browne - GCSE + Coursework - internal


  Girls tend to be more organised and care more about presentation which has lead to them having an advantage in coursework whereas boys prefer one shot assessments
• Changes in women's employment - 1970 equal pay act - External


  Women can now work and get paid the same for the same work, encouraging women to have the same academic aspirations as men
• Sue Sharpe - Girls Changing ambitions - External


  Girls had low aspirations focusing mainly on the family 1974 but by the 1990s they have aspirations to be independent. Less focused on marriage, love, and having family, more focus on education and career
• Becky Francis - Teacher Attention - Internal


  Boys receive a lot more attention from teachers than girls, however it is negative attention from the teachers and centred on discipline. The attention girls get is more learning focused and positive in nature
• Gaby Wiener - Challenging Stereotypes - Internal


  Schools no longer promote gender stereotypes in textbooks which has empowered women as they are now shown examples of women who are independent