WGST 1808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: British Subject, Intelligence Quotient, Masculinity

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1808
• Professor: Debra Graham

Document Summary

Teaching is feminized (you can pay the teachers less) During the time when it was all about making the ideal british subject. Women had to realize their choices had limits, they went to school but didn"t study academics for long, be the wife. Development of testing (iq test) and separate programs. Women increase participation in education but remain in traditional elds (after wwii) Males receive more teacher time in the classroom than girls. Teachers call on boys more often, ask more challenging questions, wait longer for their response, have a lower tolerance to girls" misbehaviour. Boys: more likely to drop out, fail or act out in class. Boys overestimate their abilities, and pay more attention to hegemonic masculinities (heterosexual) Girls: achievement becomes higher than boys, self-esteem plummets, start to view their appearance as a measure of their worth. Gender bias in textbooks and teachers" training manuals. Male teachers cluster in secondary education and are much more likely to enter administration.