ResearchProjectResearchProject
By Helen Louise Fay Dandridge
Our Research
Our question is…
Are girls and boys treated
differently in school?
This question interested me because I have always wondered what theanswer was.
It is a very interesting subject because it has been quite hard to gatherour information so far ( it has been fun though! ).
How we set about this research
The way we did this is:
–Internet research completed –
–a lot of comments written by children on Newsround
( a news show ) , a lot of them agreed that they are treated differently
–Data collated
–Questionnaire produced
–Questionnaire sent out to yr5 and yr6
–Results analysed and results typed neatly
–Missing Golden Time charts checked for gender differences
Analysis Of Results:
Q1 : Do you think girls and boys are treated differently at school and how?Q1 : Do you think girls and boys are treated differently at school and how?
•We found that half agreed and half disagreed in yr 6
•We found that equal numbers yes & no 1st question = 12 on each (yr 6)
•But with the yr 5 slightly more (57%) agreed that boys and girls aretreated differently.
•Some of the reasons by the yr 5’s included are …
–Girls being trusted more
–Boys getting more attention in P.E.
–Girls are less silly and more mature
–Girls are better behaved
Do boys get punished more than girls?
•There was no real difference in yr6 views.
•86% of yr5 pupils thought that boys get punished more than girls.Some of the reasons they gave were …
–Boys are more noisy than girls
–Boys have a bigger sense of humour and take it too far sometimes
–Boys are more violent than girls
–More boys lose golden time than girls
–Just because they are boys
Do you think boys and girls are treateddifferently because of their behaviour?
•63% of yr6 thought boys were differently because of their behaviour
•A similar percentage (62%) of yr 5’s agreed
•These are some of the reasons …
–Girls are more mature
–Boys don’t cry
–Girls are trusted more
–Girls are more sensible
Do you think your school favours boys orgirls and why?
•Most pupils (75%) in yr 6 thought there was no favouritism betweenboys and girls
•21% thought girls were favoured – 4% thought boys were favoured (yr6).
•62% of yr 5’s thought girls were favoured and only 38% thought therewere no favourites. 0% thought that boys were favoured.
•Similar reasons were given such as girls being more sensible,trustworthy and mature
Are girls chosen more often to help withjobs around the school?
•80% of yr6 pupils thought girls were chosen more often to help withspecial jobs
•But only 50% of yr5 pupils thought this
•The most common reason given is that are more responsible and thesecond most was that girls are trusted more
Does your school tend to choose girlsmore often to answer questions in class?
•Most pupils in yr 5 and 6 disagree (72%)
I also did some research and found outthat…
Number Of … In One Lesson Of English
Girls picked to answer : 9
Boys picked to answer : 3
Girls Told Off : 4
Boys Told Off : 19
…
Number Of … In One Lesson Of Art
Girls picked to answer questions : 16
Boys picked to answer questions : 8
Girls Told Off : 11
Boys Told Off : 39
COMMENTS :
The teacher was having to repeat instructions to a lot of girls and a fewboys.
…
Number Of … In One Lesson Of Maths
Girls picked to answer : 18
Boys picked to answer : 5
Girls Told Off : 5
Boys Told Off : 14
Conclusions
I have concluded that boys and girls are treateddifferently, but this may be because of behaviour.Girls are also picked more to answer questions inclass, but this may actually may be because girls puttheir hands up more. There is no way of telling what itis because of. This is the problem. Also, there ismore female teachers then male.
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