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Traditional gender ideology on boys’ participation in biology post-GCSE
Journal of Biological Education ( IF 1.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-04 , DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2020.1757488
Kishan Kumar Singh 1
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ABSTRACT

This small-scale study investigates the relationship between gender ideology and co-ed secondary school boys’ intention to participate in biology post-GCSE. Adopting a mixed-methods approach, questionnaires (n = 96) and interviews (n = 13) were carried out to collect data on the intention to participate in school science subjects, gendered perceptions of these subjects, and gender ideology from Y10 students from three Greater London co-educational (co-ed) secondary schools. The results from this study show that, contrary to numerous other studies, boys perceive biology as a gender-neutral subject, hinting at the possible shifting perceptions of school subjects with time. This could be a result of more perceived gender appropriate opportunities for boys, or the masculinisation of biology as a subject with the introduction of more technology-based topics within the curriculum. In spite of this, the perception of physics and physics-related jobs as masculine and more suitable for boys is so deeply rooted and normalised that it may deter boys from pursuing biology post-GCSE. Lastly, even though this study shows that gender ideology does not affect boys’ intention to participate in biology post-GCSE, there is some evidence that gender ideology could still be a factor with subjects perceived to be gendered, like physics. Based on these findings, three recommendations are made to increase gender equity in school science education.



中文翻译:

GCSE后男孩参与生物学的传统性别意识形态

摘要

这项小规模研究调查了性别意识形态与男女混合中学男生在 GCSE 后参加生物学的意愿之间的关系。采用混合方法,进行问卷调查(n = 96)和访谈(n = 13),以收集来自三个年级的 Y10 学生参与学校科学科目的意愿、对这些科目的性别认知和性别意识形态的数据大伦敦男女同校(男女同校)中学。这项研究的结果表明,与许多其他研究相反,男孩将生物学视为一门中性学科,这暗示了随着时间的推移对学校科目的看法可能会发生变化。这可能是因为男孩有更多的性别适当机会,或将生物学作为一门学科的男性化,并在课程中引入更多基于技术的主题。尽管如此,对于物理和物理相关工作的男性化和更适合男孩的看法是如此根深蒂固和常态化,以至于它可能会阻止男孩在 GCSE 后追求生物学。最后,尽管这项研究表明性别意识形态不会影响男孩在 GCSE 后参加生物学的意愿,但有一些证据表明,性别意识形态仍然可能是被认为具有性别的学科的一个因素,比如物理学。基于这些发现,提出了三项建议,以提高学校科学教育中的性别平等。对物理和物理相关工作的男性化和更适合男孩的看法是如此根深蒂固和常态化,以至于它可能会阻止男孩在 GCSE 后追求生物学。最后,尽管这项研究表明性别意识形态不会影响男孩在 GCSE 后参加生物学的意愿,但有一些证据表明,性别意识形态仍然可能是被认为具有性别的学科的一个因素,比如物理学。基于这些发现,提出了三项建议,以提高学校科学教育中的性别平等。对物理和物理相关工作的男性化和更适合男孩的看法是如此根深蒂固和常态化,以至于它可能会阻止男孩在 GCSE 后追求生物学。最后,尽管这项研究表明性别意识形态不会影响男孩在 GCSE 后参加生物学的意愿,但有一些证据表明,性别意识形态仍然可能是被认为具有性别的学科的一个因素,比如物理学。基于这些发现,提出了三项建议,以提高学校科学教育中的性别平等。

更新日期:2020-06-04
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