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Equal opportunities
Girls into Science and Tech (GIST)
Women into Science and Tech (WIST) components
♀ scientists visit schools
Science teachers aware of gender issues
Non-sexist careers advice
Learning materials to reflect ♀’s interests
ERA 1988
Coursework
National curriculum
League tables
Coursework- girls do better
More conscientious
Better organised
Spend more time on work
Take more care in presentation
Better at meeting deadlines
Bring right equipment to lessons
Girls do better in oral exams
Bedroom culture socialisation means are better at expressing selves verbally
More likely to be:
Neat
Tidy
Patient
National curriculum benefits girls
♂&♀ study same subjects so no more woodwork vs home economics
Girls have the opportunity to study subjects previously seen as boy’s subjects
League tables benefiting girls
High-achieving girls attractive to good schools
(then self-fulfilling prophecy)
League tables disadvantaging boys
Boys less attractive to schools
Seen as ‘liability students’ due to being more likely to be excluded
Obstacles to schools improving league table scores
Give schools a ‘rough tough’ image that deters girls from applying
1970 Equal Pay Act impacts
♀ paid equally to ♂ so more financial incentive to enter the workplace
1975 Sex Discrimination Act impacts
Halving of pay gap, making the workplace a more attractive place for ♀