Summary
In attempting to find answers to the reasons for the achievement gap academics tend to line up behind two schools of thought. The first one is inspired by Australian and US research which suggests that there is a particular crisis in the masculine role, and that this is linked to a new female dominance. Boys, they argue, suffer because the curriculum and the teaching force has become increasingly feminised. This might be dubbed the "world is more female" theory.
See the full content of this document
Extract
Is the World More Female, or Are Boys Still Sexist?
In 2005, 80 per cent of girls passed National Curriculum tests in English, compared to 67 per cent of boys.
It is this underachie...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
