Gender

Using learning logs to explore the views of exceptionally able boys on learning inside and outside the classroom

Aim: The aim of the investigation was to explore with some of our Exceptionally Able (EA) students specific aspects of learning which helped them to learn best and to assess what could be improved. We asked a group of EA students to fill in learning logs in order to find out what motivates EA students to learn, how can schools help such students plan their own learning and encourage independence and what is the impact on teachers' practice when confronted with the student voice in the form of learning logs.

Gender and mathematics: what can research tell us about how we teach mathematics to boys and girls?

Aim: The project had three quite distinct aims: 1) To identify from existing research literature what is known about gender differences in learning mathematics at secondary school - no attempt was made to establish any new insights; 2) To elicit, through interviews, the perceptions that a group of mathematics teachers had concerning the impact of gender on learning mathematics; and 3) To use the contrasts and similarities between the findings of the research and the outcomes of the interviews, as astimulus for the development of classroom teaching.

Managing gender difference issues within the Design and Technology workshop

Aim: The aims of this project were to understand the theory behind gender difference (boys and girls learn differently, why?), research the interaction between girls, boys and the resources and machinery they use within the Design and Technology workshop to identify trends and devise solutions that can be applied in the Design and Technology workshop to overcome gender difference issues and raise achievement.