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VVOB GUEST LECTURE
GENDER IN EDUCATION
Dr. Wendelien Vantieghem
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Titel van de presentatie
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IS THERE A PROBLEM?
GENDER IN EDUCATION
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EXAMINING FLANDERS
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GENDER
FLEMISH EDUCATION:
Boys Girls
Repeating a year 43% 29%
Unqualified drop-out 18% 11%
General education in third year 41% 51%
Special ed on age 11 9% 6%
Starts in higher education 55% 67%
Similar European trends
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GENDER
• Girls outperforming boys in education:
• Spatial dimension
• 33 million girls fewer present in primary education than boys
EDUCATION
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GENDER
• Girls outperforming boys in education:
• Spatial dimension
• Recent phenomenon• 14- to 15-year girls equally represented: 1969
• 16- to 17-year-old: 1974
• Higher education: 1980
• Attention moved from participationto GPA, school behavior, study attitudes, ...
EDUCATION
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INDIVIDUAL LEVEL: CAUSES
Boys’ school behavior:
• More negative school attitudes
• Less motivated to study
• More inattentive
• More often disruptive in class
• Less disciplined with regards to school work
• Attribute succes to talent not hard work
GENDER
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INDIVIDUAL LEVEL: CAUSES
OK...
But why do boys behave this way?
And why only in secondary education?
GENDER
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GENDER > SEX
THE GENDERBREAD
Adolescence = exploration period
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GENDER
INDIVIDUAL LEVEL: CAUSES
Masculine FeminineStrong Weak
Competitive Cooperative
Agressive Compliant
Tough Sensitive
Atletic Academic
Logical Creative
Dynamic Quiet
Dominant passive
anti-academic pro-school
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PEER LEVEL
• Peer culture
• Anti-school culture: predominantly among boys
• Group-based friendships image, coolness
• Femininity, school behavior & “gayness” are conflated
• Bullying
• Compensating with masculine behavior
• Culture of effortless attainment
Consciously looking for a balance between school achievement & masculinity culture
• Girls
• More often BFF’s
• Higher acceptance of pro-school behavior
GENDER
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GENDER > SEX
THE GENDERBREAD
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TEACHER LEVEL
• Teacher attitudes
• Most positive about LGBT-students & gender
• In comparison to ethnicity, SES, disability
LGBT STUDENTS
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TEACHER LEVEL
• Discrepancy between attitudes & practice
▶︎ ignoring the topic
▶︎ 85% of students says to have been not or wrongly informedabout LGB-sexuality at school
▶︎ low competence for gender topics:• Questions about trans-students for 30 tot 50%
• Handling sexism or working in gendersensitive way difficult for 25 to 50%
• Especially in primary education!
LGBT STUDENTS
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TEACHER LEVEL
Teacher bias:
• Higher expectations of girls
• Boys are seen as less “school ready”
• Boys are reprimanded more often
Male versus female teachers:
• No effect!
GENDER
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SCHOOL LEVEL
• School cultures on gender
▶︎ Difference between educational level:
• 30% primary schools thinks working on LGBT-friendly climate is “not applicable”
• Secondary schools: <2% “not applicable”
LGBT STUDENTS
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SYSTEM LEVEL
• School cultures on gender :
▶︎ in progressive schools, everybody has higher well-being!
• Boys & girls
• Gay & straight
• Students that do or do not uphold gender norms
LGBT STUDENTS
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SYSTEM LEVEL
• School policy:
• Rules & regulations
• Infrastructure
• Anti-bullying policies
• Curriculum
• Illustrations
• Content
• Class practice
• Awareness
• Gender mixing
GENDER & LGBT
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