I have several American friends who I meet yearly at a conference(where I am right now) (literature)Theyre all dedicated to their students, give great papers, sometimes bring students with them- there's 4 in particular - on rate my professor they get very interesting identical responses- a host of people saying their classes are great, helpful, well planned stimulating , engaging - and a host of people saying they hate them - and interestingly why do they hate them? 'on this course you have to read the books' 'you really have to work hard on this course' are common problems!
fascinating
Gina
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From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Debby Cotton [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 19 March 2015 07:19
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Subject: Re: literature re student satisfaction bias
Hi Gwen,
In case you haven't seen it, this interactive graph based on data in 'Rate my Professor' is addictive - if depressing - and shows very clear gender bias in student evaluations (link in story below and you can run a number of comparisons yourself):
http://college.usatoday.com/2015/02/16/rate-my-professors-data-shows-students-gender-bias-against-professors/
I'm in the middle of a project on Unconscious bias in Teaching and Learning. This resource, which is one of the first outputs from the project, may be of interest, although it's primary focus is not student evaluations:
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/uploads/production/document/path/3/3273/7_Steps_to_Mitigating_Unconscious_Bias_in_Teaching_and_Learning.pdf
Happy to talk more at some point,
Best wishes,
Debby
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Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 11:10 PM
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Subject: Re: literature re student satisfaction bias
Dear Steve, David, Ian and Kim,
Thank you for your fast responses. Indeed, there is a lot of literature out there, but not all equally applicable or valuable. I am therefore grateful for the recommendations given –and any more that may be coming in the next few days!
Ian, yes please, I’d be very interested in the work you’ve done in your institution!
Steve, I think we have to accept that teaching evaluations exist and that they can in fact be very useful. But we also need to be well informed about how to read them and the limitations of reliability.
Best wishes,
Gwen van der Velden
From: SW Ketteridge [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 18 March 2015 22:48
To: Gwen van der Velden
Subject: Re: literature re student satisfaction bias
Dear Gwen
This looks a very good idea. I am a governor in a London AE/FE College (Morley) and chair of Curriculum and Standards committee and so I still have an ongoing interest in such matters.
Warmest regards
Steve
Dr Steve Ketteridge
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On 18 Mar 2015, at 22:19, Gwen van der Velden <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
I would be very grateful for recommendations from colleagues for good literature sources in relation to bias in teaching evaluations.
Ideally I am hoping to find both sources relating to what bias there may (or may not) be in relation to the lecturer characteristics, as well as any bias there might be in relation to student characteristics (which discipline they study, respondent gender etc). The sources, alongside some data research, will be used to provide guidance on how to interpret (or not), such evaluations.
This is a matter for discussion in many institutions, I’m sure, so I’ll be more than happy to share a list of recommended resources with the list.
With very many thanks in advance,
Gwen van der Velden
Director of Learning and Teaching Enhancement
University of Bath
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