【WomenworkharderthanmenatuniversityandgetbetterdegreesasaresultaccordingtoastudyatBrunelUniversity.Theresearchwhichfollowed200studentsforfouryearsfoundthatwomenconsistentlyoutperformedmenintheirstudies】
WomenworkharderthanmenatuniversityandgetbetterdegreesasaresultaccordingtoastudyatBrunelUniversity.
Theresearchwhichfollowed200studentsforfouryearsfoundthatwomenconsistentlyoutperformedmenintheirstudieseventhoughtheyhadstartedtheircourseswithalmostidenticalA-levelgrades.
Ananalysisoftheresultsshowedthatwhile65percentoffemalegraduateswereawardedonly35percentofmalegraduatesdidaswell.Girlsareknowntooutperformboysatschoolbutthisresearchshowedthattrendcontinuedatuniversity.
FionaSmithwholedtheresearchsaid“Theresearchshowsthatthedifferencehassomethingtodowithschoolsingeneral.”
“Italsoshowssomethingabouttheinequalityforworkingwomenintermsofpayandpromotion.Womenworkharderatschoolharderatuniversityanddobetteratbothbuttheystillreceivelesspay.”
Theresearchfoundthatfemalestudentsweremorefaithfullesslikelytomisslecturesandmorelikelytobelievethattheirmarksreflectedtheirabilitiesthanmalestudents.Femalestudentswerealsomorelikelytoaskforandreceivesupportfromtheirprofessors.
Womenwerealsomorelikelytochoosetheiruniversitiesbecausetheylikedthecoursesoffered.
Incontrastmenweremorelikelythanwomentomisslecturesdueto“otheraffairs”and“laziness”andtobelievethatplayingsportswasanimportantpartofuniversitylife.
Generallypeoplethinkthatwomen’ssuccesscomesfrommoreemphasisoncourseworkbuttheresearchshowedthatfemalegeographersatBruneldidbetterintheirexamsthanintheircoursework.
DrSmithsaid“Mostwomenfeelthatgettinggoodgradesisthemostimportantpartofuniversitylife.Theybelievethattheyneedtoworkharderinordertocompeteinthemale-dominated(男性主导的)environmenttheywillencounteratwork.Goodgradesareviewedasan‘insurancepolicy’forsuccess.Menontheotherhandprefergoingoutandplayingsportstoacademicwork.”
“Thisresearchshowshowimportantitistogetallyoungpeopleworkinghardandteachthemthevalueofhighereducation”hesaid.
【小题1】TheresearchatBrunelUniversityshowedthatwomen________.
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