Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching: 'Punish[ing] Those Who Fail to Do Their Gender Right'

Autor/inn/en	Adams, Sophie; Bekker, Sheree; Fan, Yanan; Gordon, Tess; Shepherd, Laura J.; Slavich, Eve; Waters, David
Titel	Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching: 'Punish[ing] Those Who Fail to Do Their Gender Right'
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 83 (2022) 4, S.787-807 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Shepherd, Laura J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-021-00704-9
Schlagwörter	Gender Bias; Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance; College Students; College Faculty; Foreign Countries; Expectation; Teacher Evaluation; Women Faculty; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterstereotyp; Collegestudent; Fakultät; Ausland; Expectancy; Erwartung; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; Australien
Abstract	A significant body of work problematises the assumption that student evaluations of teaching (SET) actually measure teaching quality. This is concerning, given that SET are increasingly relied upon not only to evaluate candidates for employment (so job acquisition is influenced by flawed data) but also to inform performance metrics for those in employment (so job security is influenced by flawed data). This paper presents qualitative research conducted at a large public university in Australia. The findings suggest that student evaluations of teaching seem to measure conformity with gendered expectations rather than teaching quality, with particularly negative effects for women. The integration of SET into performance management practices within institutions of higher education could be entrenching inequalities amongst university staff that could ultimately disadvantage female academics. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01