To some extent source 13 and 14 suggest that changes in schooling that took place in the second half of the 19th century did lead to some improvements in the role and opportunities of British Women due to more women in new lines of work and free education. However to a stronger extent sources 13, 14 and 15 suggest that changes in schooling and their impact on the role and opportunities of British Women were severely limited, due mainly to the extent of provision provided and most schools encouraged the traditional role of women (the angel in the house). On one hand the sources suggest that the changes in schooling did help to improve opportunities for women in the second half of the 19th century. The sources imply that schooling challenged the traditional Victorian ideal of ‘angel in the house’. Source 14 shows this by saying it “broke the mould” implying that women were one step further into breaking their stereotype and more opportunities which were opening up for them, by sending some students on to Higher Education.
Critical Analysis In “The War Against Boys” the author, Christina Hoff Sommers, stated that times are changing and boys should “watch out” in school. She states that girls are starting to be more benefited in school then boys in the educational system, that girl aren’t considered the “second” sex anymore, and that girls are statistically better than boys in academics. I personally agree that times are changing and that boys aren’t getting any special treatment and girls are on the same level as boys, and that they also are better in school then most boys. This to me has a lot to do with that growth gap that there is between both genders, girls start developing at a much earlier age then us, thus letting them learn things at a much faster rate
Since the early 1990’s, girls have begun to outperform boys at most levels of the education system. According to Pirie in Item A, the modular courses and continuous assessment found in education today has been seen to favour the systematic approach of girls, compared to the old O level exam which typically favoured boys. These changes within the education system are seen as the main result of gender differences in education, nevertheless, external factors such as the impact of feminism and changes in the job market may also have influenced the increase in girl’s attainment. Firstly, it may be argued that the way pupils are assessed has favoured girls and disadvantaged boys. Gorard found that the gender gap in achievement was stable from 1975 up until 1988 when it increased rapidly.
In addition to this, the introduction of the National Curriculum in 1988 removed one source of gender inequality by making boys and girls study mostly the same subjects. The impact of equal opportunities can be seen as a key reason for the changes in girls’ achievement because schools have been made more meritocratic and so girls – who generally tend to work harder than boys, achieve more. It can also be argued that the way in which pupils are now assessed favours girls more than it does boys. Stephan Gorard found that the gender gap in achievement was fairly consistent, up until 1988/9 when GCSE examinations were introduced. With the introduction of GCSE’s came coursework with the majority of subjects studied in schools.
NCLB set forth a certain criteria to be met, but allowed the states to determine how they would accomplish it. Therefore, each state handles assessment and accountability differently. This makes it hard to show success or failure of the programs. Supporters and critics alike can cite research that supports their opinion. My opinion of NCLB is it is flawed, developmentally inappropriate, ill funded, ←and→ leaving more students, teachers, ←and→ schools behind than ever before because The tests have turned into the objective of classroom instruction rather than the measure of teaching ←and→ learning.
And the global economy is evolving in a way that is eroding the historical preference for male children, worldwide.” Rosin’s article is well documented and forceful in argument. The bottom line is the claim that the trend and trajectory of the global economy have for some time now been headed toward female skills and talents. At the most basic level, this means a shift from physical strength to intellectual energies and education. At the next level, it also means a shift from leadership models more associated with males toward the nurturing leadership more associated with women. In any event, the changes are colossal.
Furthermore, girls in school were being encouraged to participate in more male dominant subject’s such as sports, and to aim higher in future career choices. Women also pursued better health care and position in law. Some major goals of feminist groups was to gain better access and development of birth control, and for a higher impartiality in court for cases such as sexual abuse. Equal pay was one of the most important issues the Women’s Liberation Movement confronted. The 18% of females employed in the 1960’s were only earning 70%
Due to the fact that women could control when they had children, they could now finish college and have more consistent jobs. Feminists fought to broaden the opportunities that the Pill helped make possible and in 1972 Title IX was enacted, “ending discrimination in education, throwing open the doors of colleges, law schools, and med schools to women” (Gibbs 8). The assumption that if women were to be accepted into these schools they would just get pregnant and drop out was no longer a valid reason to reject female applicants as it was once before. Subsequently, the Feminist Movement not only brought more rights and opportunities to women it also caused an uprising in sexual freedom of women and the US
Courtney Rosenthal Mrs. Crowe AP Lang- Period 3 25 March 2014 American Ignorance American high schools have changed for the worst since the evolution of the education system; initially, it was about actually receiving an education and gaining knowledge. But in today’s society, American high schools have developed into a flawed system that has adverse effects on its students. There are flaws in the inadequate system such as heavy testing and the teaching of irrelevant information. In order to mend these issues the education system needs to be reshaped and refocused to create a more constructive system. Throughout my personal career in high school, as a current eleventh grader in the public school system, I’ve found the testing
Part A: identify and explain two ways in which gender may affect a pupils experience of education (17 marks) Gender plays a big role in experience of education within the school system. One way that it does this is through is that girls valued romance more than education and so this had an impact on these girls as they were performing poorly in school, this was an interview done in the 1970s by the sociologist Sharpe (1976), he later did another interview with another group of girls in the 1990s and he had found out that they were more career orientated and this was said to be because of the different opportunities that these young girls were given due to new school systems, back in the 1970s males were given a larger amount of opportunities