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The benefits of single-sex schooling for girls
11 Feb 2012
Two recent studies have explored the benefits of single-sex schooling for girls. Variables analysed included academic performance, well-being and academic self-concept. Eisenkopf et al. (2011, p. 1) concluded thas “single-sex...
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Educational aspirations of girls
1 Feb 2012
Carol Fuller is a researcher who spent over two years studying the educational aspirations and ambitions of girls at a single-sex girls’ state secondary school in the south east of England. The results of this longitudinal study...
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Insights from the Growing Up in Ireland Study
28 Jan 2012
The Growing Up in Ireland Study is a longitudinal study which researches the experiences of children in Ireland (McCoy, Smyth & Banks, 2012). Of the 9-year-old children living in Ireland, one-in-seven are involved in this study. This...
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Single sex environments and gender differences in risk aversion
13 Dec 2011
Alison Booth and her colleagues have studied competitiveness and risk taking among girls over the past few years. In this study Booth, Cardona Sosa and Nolan (2011) explored whether single-sex classes within coeducational environments...
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Primary school girls’ role models
4 Dec 2011
This study explored how the notion of the ‘popular girl’ influences choice of role models for primary school girls (Read, 2011). Female celebrities are often linked to future self-identity in young girls, which may be because...
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Self-harm history from adolescence to young adulthood
24 Nov 2011
This longitudinal study explored self-harm behaviour during the transition from adolescence to young adulthood. Self-harm is ‘a global health problem and is one of the strongest predictors of completed suicide. Self-harm is...
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Girls and ICT: perceptions, dualisms and reality
15 Nov 2011
Three recent studies investigated the topic of females in ICT. Lang et al. (2010) explored the dualisms between societal perceptions of ICT careers and the actual experiences of women working in the field. In a similar study, Griffiths...
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Using experts to inoculate women’s self-concept in STEM
6 Nov 2011
There is concern among many communities about the underrepresentation of women in the STEM fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. ‘For incoming generations of students who are being introduced to Science, Math,...