Feminist Perspectives on Education

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Key points: - feminism helps to explain patterns of achievement by gender - explains gender experiences of education eg self esteem, identity, opportunities, achievement - gender socialisation: girls perceived as different from boys which improves female success - gender identities - prior to 1980s, boys achieved better than girls - girls expected to marry and have children, not end up in careers - now girls do better than boys - 2nd wave feminism increased career aspirations for women - increased number of female role models and teachers - education still patriarchal, e.g. sexual harassment (boys will be boys), higher expectations on girls’ behaviour, boys get away with worse behaviour, girls controlled more e.g. sent home for issues with uniform because they are “distracting”, suggests that girls education is less important than boys - gender socialisation means girls are expected to be more passive and obedient - girls have less time and freedom - girls can be more expressive and creative than boys, boys daring and adventurous - this May advantage girls at school as they are socialised for the classroom - boys worse socialised for this and expected to do worse - schools reinforce traditional gender norms through uniform, sexual standards (e.g ‘sluts’) and sports - gendered subject images: science for boys, humanities for girls - initiatives such as GIST have increased female interest in ‘male’ subjects - EVAL: glass ceiling and gender pay gap remain - males still hold top positions, earn more money, have more power - 80% of graduates are female from higher education

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Love it

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