 Gender Matters at School

 Gender and the acquisition of knowledge  Hidden curriculum  Classroom behaviour  Achievement orientation  Career perspectives 3/3/14

 Gender role acquisition  Schoolbooks: ◦ Stereotypes ◦ Relative invisibility 3/3/14

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PLACEMEN, BOYSWOMEN, GIRLS DIFFERENCE INDUSTRY SCHOOL STREET SHOP HOME AGRICULTURE OFFICE

 Girls: better at speaking  Referential speech  Social speech  Politeness 3/3/14

CATEGORYGIRLSBOYS imperative (do, don’t)1236 declarative imperative (you have to push it) 56 pretend directive (pretend you …)114 question directive (will you be the patient?) 20 tag question (you feel ill, don’t you)3516 joint directive (now, we’ll cover him up)153 state question (are you sick?)211 Information question (What does she need now?) 1622 attention-getting device (look at it)22 TOTAL100

 Competition – public sphere  Collaboration – expression of empathy 3/3/14

 School subjects  Teaching/learning processes  Teacher’s attention  Disruptiveness  Communication patterns  TEFL: ◦ Grammar books and dictionaries ◦ Course materials ◦ Teaching/learning processes ◦ Problematic points: cultural differences 3/3/14

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