The overall aim of this study has been to deepen the understanding of the phenomenon ofboy’s school dropout and whether there are other explanations than sociological ones. Thestudy has focused on what students and teachers perceive as factors for success and failure inschool and if there are gender differences. Furthermore,the study has targeted students andteacher's perceptions of pedagogical structure design on teaching and examination forms. Themethod has been mixed; both qualitative and quantitative with an abductive approach -discovery logic and hypothesis testing. The empirical data of the study consists of two parts, aqualitative one with four teacher interviews and a mixed one - both qualitative andquantitative - with 100 student questionnaires. The theory was critical and based on Bernsteinwho stated that school has its own acoustics. This study has confirmed Bernstein’s theory ofpedagogy and his concept of grammar. The result showed that there are biological as well associological explanations related to success or failure in school. The results also showedsignificance in the gender difference between which form of teaching boys and girls prefer,girls prefer more than boys to read and write. According to the interview responses of theteachers the result was that boys are more immature and practical than girls, who are moretheoretical. Boys seem to also have a larger memory while girls think a step further.Furthermore, the results showed that girls struggle more and are better at analyzing, boys putthemselves lower and settle for a passing grade. Boys are not as literate as girls and there is adifference between the sexes.It has also emerged in the study that girls are treated differently.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-219368 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Nieuwenhuizen, Linda |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Pedagogiska institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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