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dc.contributor.authorAdams, Sophie
dc.contributor.authorBekker, Sheree
dc.contributor.authorFan, Yanan
dc.contributor.authorGordon, Tess
dc.contributor.authorShepherd, Laura J
dc.contributor.authorSlavich, Eve
dc.contributor.authorWaters, David
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-01T01:10:10Z
dc.date.available2022-02-01T01:10:10Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn0018-1560
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10734-021-00704-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/411848
dc.description.abstractA 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.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation.ispartofjournalHigher Education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist studies in education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3903
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3904
dc.titleGender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching: ‘Punish[ing] Those Who Fail To Do Their Gender Right’
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAdams, S; Bekker, S; Fan, Y; Gordon, T; Shepherd, LJ; Slavich, E; Waters, D, Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching: ‘Punish[ing] Those Who Fail To Do Their Gender Right’, Higher Education
dc.date.updated2022-01-31T22:23:01Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered as an advanced online version in Griffith Research Online.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWaters, David M.


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