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ERIC Number: EJ1318211
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0954-0253
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Engendering Inequities: Precariously Employed Academic Women's Experiences of Student Evaluations of Teaching
Smele, Sandra; Quinlan, Andrea; Lacroix, Emerson
Gender and Education, v33 n8 p966-982 2021
Grounded in intersectional feminist approaches, this study explores the equity impacts of student evaluations of teaching (SETs) on precariously employed women in the academy. Despite their overrepresentation in the academic teaching workforce, precariously employed women are a demographic group that remains underrepresented in research on SETs. Thirty-four qualitative interviews with precariously employed academic women at a university in Ontario, Canada, were conducted to explore their experiences of SETs. The participants critiqued SETs' role in perpetuating feminized and racialized labour market precarity, and undermining their professional autonomy and professionalization. They also described how SETs subject them to discriminatory evaluations based on their gender, race and age, and the impacts thereof on their workload and mental health. This study's findings reveal the importance of recognizing SETs' impact on equity and the need to change teaching evaluation policy in higher education.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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