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Introduction 'Choice' is a concept which tends to be regarded highly within any democratic society (Croxford, 2000). Allowing pupils to choose the subjects that they study, between the ages of fourteen to sixteen gives them more ownership of their curriculum, and reduces the likelihood that they will be alienated by an over prescriptive curriculum according to Croxford (2000). However, choice can become a problem when the individual responsible for making the choices can be influenced by the values and attitudes of others within society as well as structural barriers that they may encounter. It is believed that the introduction of the National Curriculum in 1988 had many implications for gender and education. Girls as well has boys would be legally required to study science until the age of sixteen, and boys would be required to take a foreign language as well as English up until the age of sixteen. Before the...

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