Boys seem to do better at STEM than other subjects (and than girls)
Greetings people. In recent weeks, I’ve been thinking deeply about S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). I know I’m late the party, but I’m convinced that getting more people’s attention on, an competence in, the STEM fields must be a very high priority for anyone who wants to improve life outcomes on a social level. This is particularly the case when it comes to the fairly disastrous outlook for boys in the UK and the western world in general.
As I mentioned in a previous video, boys in Britain experience a range of chronically poor outcomes, and this particularly applies in education where they underperform in relation to their female counterparts at all levels of education. In this latest video, I point out how boys appear to do much better at STREM subjects in school. I’m intrigued as to why this might be and I will certainly be re-visiting this subject in a future video. Links to all sources used in the video can be found below. Make sure to subscribe if you haven’t already so you get the email notification for my next study.
GIrls are generally further ahead in their academic development at Early Years Foundation Stage (5 years old), Key Stage 2 (age 10-11) and Key Stage 4 (15-16).
https://epi.org.uk/annual-report-2023-gender/
However, when you take a more granular look, boys are slightly further ahead than girls in Maths at EYFS, Key Stage 1, and around the same level at Key Stage 2: Girls are much further ahead in other subjects:
https://epi.org.uk/annual-report-2023-gender/
https://epi.org.uk/annual-report-2023-gender/
https://epi.org.uk/annual-report-2023-gender/
At A-Level, there are fascinating sex differences. Boys appear to gravitate more toward STEM subjects than girls, while girls dominate the social sciences and arts.
