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Academic self‐concept, gender and single‐sex schooling

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: This article assesses gender differences in academic self‐concept for a cohort of children born in 1958 (the National Child Development Study). It addresses the question of whether attending single‐sex or co‐educational schools affected students' perceptions of their own academic abilities (academic self‐concept). Academic self‐concept was found to be highly gendered, even controlling for prior test scores. Boys had higher self‐concepts in mathematics and science, and girls in English. Single‐sex schooling reduced the gender gap in self‐concept, while selective schooling was linked to lower academic self‐concept overall.

Source: British Educational Research Journal

DOI: 10.1080/01411920802042960

Author: Alice Sullivan

Institution: University of London

Language: English

Topic: Education, Achievement, and Giftedness

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities, Gender equality

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: University of Manchester