The feminization of primary education: Effects of teachers' sex on pupil achievement, attitudes and behaviour

International Review of Education

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-203

  Driessen, Geert ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; FEMINIZATION; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STUDENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 34248591525     PISSN: 00208566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11159-007-9039-y     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Ailwood Jo 2003. A National Approach to Gender Equity Policy in Australia: Another Ending, Another Opening? International Journal of Inclusive Education 7(1): 19-31
2. Bailey Lucy 1996. The Feminization of a School? Women Teachers in a Boys' School. Gender and Education 8(2): 171-184
3. Carrington Bruce, Skelton Christine 2003. Re-thinking "Role Models": Equal Opportunities in Teacher Recruitment in England and Wales. Journal of Education Policy 18(3): 253-265
4. DEST. 2003. Educating Boys. Issues and Information. Canberra: DEST
5. DfES. 2003. Using the National Healthy School Standard to Raise Boys' Achievement. London: DfES
6. DfES. 2004. Gender and Achievement. http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/ genderandachievement/, accessed March 13, 2006
7. Driessen Geert 2002. School Composition and Achievement in Primary Education: A Large-scale Multilevel Approach. Studies in Educational Evaluation 28(4): 347-368
8. Driessen Geert, Sleegers Peter 2000. Consistency of Teaching Approach and Student Achievement: An Empirical Test. School Effectiveness and School Improvement 11(1): 57-79
9. Driessen, Geert, Annemarie van Langen, and Hermann Vierke. 2002. Basisonderwijs: Veldwerkverslag, Leerlinggegevens en Oudervragenlijsten. Basisrapportage PRIMA-Cohortonderzoek. Vierde Meting 2000-2001 [Pupil Variables. Primary Education: Basic Report PRIMA Cohort Study. Fourth Measurement Round 2000-2001]. Nijmegen: ITS
10. Driessen, Geert, Annemarie van Langen, and Hermann Vierke. 2004. Basisonderwijs: Veldwerkverslag, Leerlinggegevens en Oudervragenlijsten. Basisrapportage PRIMA-Cohortonderzoek. Vijfde Meting 2002-2003 [Pupil Variables. Primary Education: Basic Report PRIMA Cohort Study. Fifth Measurement Round 2002-2003]. Nijmegen: ITS
11. Ehrenberg Ronald, Goldhaber Daniel, Brewer Dominic 1995. Do Teachers' Race, Gender, and Ethnicity Matter? Evidence from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988. Industrial and Labor Relations Review 48(3): 547-560
12. Francis Becky, Skelton Christine 2005. Reassessing Gender and Achievement. Questioning Contemporary Key Debates. London and New York: Routledge
13. Frank Blye, Kehler Michael, Lovell Trudy, Davison Kevin 2003. A Tangle of Trouble: Boys, Masculinity and Schooling - Future Directions. Educational Review 55(2): 119-133
14. Freeman Catherine 2004. Trends in Educational Equity of Girls and Women. Washington, DC: US Department of Education
15. Gillborn David, Mirza Heidi 2000. Educational Inequality. Mapping Race, Class and Gender. A Synthesis of Research Evidence. London: Ofsted
16. Gorard Stephen, Rees Gareth, Salisbury Jane 2001. Investigating the Pattern of Differential Achievement of Boys and Girls at School. British Educational Research Journal 27(1): 125-139
17. Hopf Dieter, Hatzichristou Chryse 1999. Teacher Gender-related Influences in Greek Schools. British Journal of Educational Psychology 69: 1-18
18. House of Representatives. 2002. Boys: Getting it Right. Report on the Inquiry into the Education of Boys. Canberra: House of Representatives
19. Li Qing 1999. Teachers' Beliefs and Gender Differences in Mathematics: A Review. Educational Research 41(1): 63-76
20. OECD. 2004a. Learning for Tomorrow's World - First Results from PISA 2003. Paris: OECD
21. OECD. 2004b. Education at a Glance 2004. OECD Indicators 2004 Edition. Paris: OECD
22. Sabbe, Elien. 2004. Secondary School Pupils' Perceptions of their Male and Female Teachers. Paper AERA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, 22-27 March 2004
23. SBO. 2006. Jaarboek 2005. Onderwijsarbeidsmarkt in beeld [Year book 2005. Education and Labour Market]. Den Haag: Sectorbestuur Onderwijsarbeidsmarkt
24. Scheerens Jaap, Bosker Roel 1997. The Foundations of Educational Effectiveness. Oxford: Pergamon
25. Sikkes Robbert 2004. Poen, Status en de Tere Jongensziel. Enqûte over Vervrouwelijking Onderwijs [Money, status and the tender boy's soul]. Het Onderwijsblad 8(7): 16-23
26. Siongers Jessy 2002. De Gevolgen van de Feminisering van het Leerkrachtenberoep in het Secundair Onderwijs: Een Empirische Analyse [The consequences of the feminization of the teacher profession]. Brussel: Vrije Universiteit Brussel
27. Skelton Christine 2001. Schooling the Boys. Masculinities and Primary Education. Buckingham: Open University Press
28. Skelton Christine 2003. Male Primary Teachers and Perceptions of Masculinity. Educational Review 55(2): 195-209
29. Smith Janet. 1999. We Need More Males in Primary Teacher Education! Or Do We? Paper Australian Association for Research in Education Conference, Melbourne, November 1999
30. Smith Emma 2003. Failing Boys and Moral Panics: Perspectives on the Underachievement Battle. British Journal of Educational Studies 51(3): 282-295
31. Timmerman Greetje, van Essen Mineke 2004. De Mythe van het "Vrouwengevaar" [The myth of the "Women's Danger"]. Pedagogiek 24(1): 57-71
32. van der Veen, Ineke, Arjan van der Meijden, and Guuske Ledoux. 2004. School en Klaskenmerken Basisonderwijs. Basisrapportage PRIMA-Cohortonderzoek. Vijfde Meting 2002-2003 [School Variables. Primary Education: Basic Report PRIMA Cohort Study Fourth Measurement Round 2002-2003]. Amsterdam: SCO-Kohnstamm Instituut
33. van Eck, Edith, I. Heemskerk, and A. Vermeulen. 2004. Paboys Gezocht! Wat Maakt de Pabo en het Werken op de Basisschool Aantrekkelijker voor Mannen? [Wanted Male Teacher Students!]. Amsterdam: SCO-Kohnstamm Instituut
34. van Langen Annemarie, Dekkers Hetty 2005. Cross-National Differences in Participating in Tertiary Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education. Comparative Education 41(3): 329-350
35. Veendrick Laurenz, Tavecchio Louis, Doornenbal Jeannette 2004. Jongens als Probleem. Inleiding bij het Themadeel [Boys as a Problem]. Pedagogiek 24(1): 12-22
36. Warrington Molly, Younger Michael 2000. The Other Side of the Gender Gap. Gender and Education 12(4): 493-508
37. Younger Michael, Warrington Molly, McLellan Ros 2002. The "Problem" of "Under-Achieving Boys": Some Responses from English Secondary Schools. School Leadership & Management 22(4): 389-405