From Inside Higher Ed: “Two new studies show how bias against women in student ratings operates over time, worsening with critical feedback and instructor age.”
I think that anyone who teaches knows there’s truth in these studies. If the instructor is a man: he’s tough, demanding. If the instructor is a woman: she’s a bitch. And I can only imagine how some students might regard a non-binary instructor.
Monday, October 31, 2022
Gender and evaluations
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thank you for pointing to this article. very sad state of affairs.
to me this sentence is the basic crux of the issue: "Some institutions have made progress on this front—most recently, for instance, West Virginia University is rewriting its tenure and promotion guidelines (in part) to urge “holistic” assessment of instructors instead of “over-reliance” on student evaluations."
much the same way that graduate schools depend on test exams to say whether a student will be successful in graduate school. no all that test shows is that the student is a good test taker not that they can understand concepts or even are able to interact with their fellow students or the public (depending on the degree).
kirsten
I’m never sure what “holistic” is meant to mean, but any revision that makes evaluations something less than the factor is probably good.
I almost always got terrific evaluations. But one reason is that students who would have given me rotten ones were usually gone before the end of the semester. I counted daily (simple) quizzes and participation in discussion heavily, so if you didn’t engage the coursework, there was no point in sticking around.
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