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May 3, 2018 / C H Thompson

Socialisation, gender and achievement 

Effects of gender socialization

  • 1. Lobban (1974) found evidence of gender stereotyping in children’s books with women occupying traditional roles. Best (1993) found little had changed in almost 20 years
  • 2. Kelly (1987) – gender stereotyping in science classrooms as well as science text books where women are largely invisible
  • 3. Gender socialisation has the effect of cultivating gender differences in subject choice

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