The Gendered Subject: Students' subject preferences and discussions of gender and subject ability

By B. Francis. 2000

186 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Gender Studies

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In Education

1. Hannah Bartholomew
2. M. Rodd
3. Tanja van der Lippe
4. B. Francis
5. Indigo Esmonde
6. Y. Solomon
7. D. Küchemann
8. Celia Hoyles

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Hannah Bartholomew
2. M. Rodd
3. Tanja van der Lippe

In Gender Studies

1. Hannah Bartholomew
2. M. Rodd
3. Tanja van der Lippe
4. B. Francis
5. Indigo Esmonde

Citations in the corpus

• Invisible and special: young women’s experiences as undergraduate mathematics students (2006, background): “Indeed, in a study of girls and boys in London comprehensive schools, Becky Francis (2000) found that girls and boys did not consider mathematics and science to be boys’ subjects.”
• Boys’ and girls’ educational choices in secondary education. The role of gender ideology (2016, background): “However, other research suggests that the gender gap in the subject preferences of adolescents (of similar age) is narrowing, with traditional patterns persisting in subjects liked least, but not in favourite subjects (Francis 2000).”
• Is the Future Really Female? The Impact and Implications of Gender for 14-16 Year Olds' Career Choices (2002, background): “In their analyses of the possible causes of the relative underperformance of secondary school boys at GCSE in comparison to girls, some researchers have hypothesized that boys’ perceptions of future work are impacting on their approaches to learning.”