Subject Choice:

There is little choice (national curriculum) – boys take more practical subjects and girls opt for humanities/art.

More apparent as more choice – boys = technical, girls = humanities/social science.

girls take more caring ones and boys more manual labour ones.

different activities do as children leads to different subjects taken at school – socialisation.

bedroom culture and girls read more fiction 🡪 expressive subjects, boys more technical subjects.

create gender domains based on what adult do.

science is boys due to more male teachers and textbooks illustrating boys more etc.

students face pressure to conform to gender stereotypes.

when student opt for opposite domain 🡪 bully and name calling.

 Move towards gender neutral parenting and socialisation – march of progress.

gendered subject image has less impact in single sex schools – social construct.

programs such as GIST and WISE help draw girls into sciences.

BAME students may be put off from studying subjects such as English/History due to focus on White British Culture.

students may be channelled to less academic subjects due to level of English language.

globalisation has created more multicultural curriculum with wider choices to the units that they are taught.

some students may feel they are excluded from subject due to cost of the course.

W/C may not feel certain subjects are for them as lack cultural capital to succeed.

W/C students may be pushed towards less academic subjects.

Policies such as pupil premium are in place to support students from deprived backgrounds with hidden cost of education.