by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Gender & Education
Read the section on Gender and subject choice on pages 132 to 136 of the book. Now study tables 3C and 3D in the book and answer the following questions: A. A levels What proportion of those studying Physics are male? What proportion of those studying Sociology is...
by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Gender & Education
The impact of feminist ideas; changes in the family e.g. more divorce; more job opportunities for women; changes in girls’ ambitions and priorities. Equal opportunities policies; introduction of coursework; positive role models; non-sexist learning materials;...
by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Ethnicity & Education
Gilborn (1992) found that teachers often have different perceptions of children, according to their ethnic group and therefore sometimes treated them differently. How does this happen? Answer the following questions: What is meant by the term ‘stereotyping’? What...
by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Ethnicity & Education
Working in pairs, summarise the differences shown in the chart and discuss how you would explain these differences. Percentage of 16 to 30 year olds with a degree: by religion and country of birth, 2004, GB
by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Ethnicity & Education
Chinese; Indian; Whites; Bangladeshis; blacks Cultural deprivation theory ignores the positive effects of ethnicity on achievement e.g. black girls. Black pupils underachieve because of racism, not cultural deprivation. Black pupils are different not culturally...
by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Class and Education 2
Read the account of Rosenthal and Jacobson’s study on pages 104 and 105 of the book and discuss the following questions: In what ways might the teachers have treated the ‘spurters’ differently from the other children? What effect might this have had on the other...