Dr Joanna Sikora noted that the growing gender gap in maths and science, highlighted by the latest Timss report, begins troublingly early at year 4.
Nicole Wernert explained that the significant gaps in year 4 and 8 students' performance are emphasized by a higher percentage of boys being classified as very high performers.
Sikora identified that few Australian mothers of teenage boys are in engineering, and few teenage boys aspire to teaching, indicating systemic issues in career perceptions.
Sikora warned that small differences in academic performance between genders can grow over time, leading to larger disparities, thus requiring immediate attention.
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