Potvin, G., Hazari, Z., Tai, R. H., & Sadler, P. M. (2009). Unraveling bias from student evaluations of their high school science teachers. Science Education, 93(5), 827-845.
In this study, the evaluation of high school biology, chemistry, and physics teachers by their students is examined according to the gender of the student and the gender of the teacher. Female teachers are rated significantly lower than male teachers by male students in all three disciplines, whereas female students underrate female teachers only in physics. Interestingly, physics is also the field that suffers the greatest lack of females and has been criticized most for its androcentric culture. The gender bias in teacher ratings persists even when accounting for academic performance, classroom experiences, and family support. Furthermore, male and female teachers in each discipline appear equally effective at preparing their students for future science study in college, suggesting that students have a discipline-specific gender bias. Such a bias may negatively impact female students and contribute to the loss of females in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Sci Ed93:827–845, 2009
研究者调查了来自美国63所大学的1万8千多名生物、化学和物理专业的大学新生,收集了他们对高中科学教师的看法。经对数据进行统计处理后发现,男生在这三个学科对女教师的评价都明显低于对男教师的评价,而女生仅仅在物理学科作出了这样的评价。并且物理学科中对教师的评价的性别差异最大,显然物理学科是性别偏见最严重的学科。这一结果与我们通常对物理学科的印象一致,即相对化学和生物来说,物理是一个男性主义盛行的学科。研究者还跟踪了受访学生的大学成绩,结果发现不管是在哪个学科,学生的大学成绩并不受其中学教师性别的影响。研究者总结说,高中科学教师的教学水平并无性别差异,但是学生对女性科学教师的评价低于男性教师,说明学生对高中科学教师的评价存在性别偏见。

学生对高中科学教师的评价存在性别偏见