Gender Int&ext

• Mitsos and Browne


  Girls more successful in coursework as more organised
• How does increase in female teachers benefit girls?

  Role models
• Teacher attention on boys

  Boys dominate class discussions - seen as disruptive
• Swann


  Girls are better at listening and cooperating in class - positive teacher attention - self fulfilling prophecy
• Slee


  Boys are less attractive to schools as more likely to have behavioural difficulties

  Girls seen as desirable
• How do they challenge stereotypes in curriculum?

  Gender stereotypes removed from learning materials eg textbooks
• Equal opportunity policies


  GIST and WISE encourage girls into non traditional areas

  Change in national curriculum - both genders study same subjects
• Liberal feminist view


  Celebrate progress so far
• How do liberal feminists want further progress to be made?

  More equal opportunity policies, overcoming sexist stereotypes, role models
• Radical feminist view


  System still remains patriarchal eg sexual harassment , female contribution to history is ignored in curriculum
• Changes in the family

  Single mothers = role models

  Increase in divorce rate - less likely to rely on husband

  Smaller families
• Impact of Feminism


  Raised womens expectations and self esteem

  Feminist movement challenged traditional stereotypical woman
• McRobbie


  Magazines in 1970s emphasised marriage

  Now independent women
• Changes in women's ambitions - Sharpe


  1974 girls aspirations low, marriage priority

  1990 - career priority
• Changes in women's employment

  Encourages future of paid work not housewife

  More women in employment - more role models - incentive to gain qualifications

  1970 equal pay act