UK: Positive Relationships: Boys - Why gender matters

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'So, what might be going wrong? One of the less edifying aspects of our education system is that it seems to be influenced by ideology rather than what we know about human development. It ignores what the influence of our evolutionary history might be on the structure of our brains and any innate predisposition for learning, which may also be influenced by gender.

The inclination of many boys to be interested in objects that move, movement itself and rigorous exploration and play, can sometimes be interpreted as a 'problem', while perhaps the inclination for girls to sit and talk is seen in a more positive light. Political correctness which, at its extreme, may try to deny physical/physiological/neurological differences between boys and girls, can also work against the very concept of equal opportunities which it is meant to espouse, as it appears to suggest that learning opportunities and learning contexts for boys and girls are almost interchangeable.

Another factor in the issue is that most of the practitioners in the early years and also in primary education tend to be female, and so there may be an unconscious predisposition for a greater 'identification' with the girls than the boys.'

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