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dc.titleUnder the "Cloak of Invisibility": Gender Bias in Teaching Practices and Learning Outcomes
dc.contributor.authorBassi, Marina
dc.contributor.authorBlumberg, Rae Lesser
dc.contributor.authorMateo-Berganza Díaz, María Mercedes
dc.contributor.orgunitEducation Division
dc.coverageChile
dc.date.available2016-05-26T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2016-05-18T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes gender bias in teaching in low-performing schools in Chile. To carry out the analyses, the authors used videotaped classes for fourth graders and coded 237 tapings. Results show a general (although not uniform) bias in teachers' actions that resulted in less attention to female students. Gender bias had an even greater effect in classrooms where the teachers had worse interactions with students. Results show that less effective teachers (according to the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, or CLASS) show a larger gender bias. Greater gender bias is also correlated with lower scores for girls in Chile's standardized test (Sistema de Medición de la Calidad de la Educación, or SIMCE). With a few exceptions, the measures of gender bias in teacher-student interaction do not show statistically significant correlations with the test scores of boys.
dc.format.extent39
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011737
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Under-the-_Cloak-of-Invisibility_-Gender-Bias-in-Teaching-Practices-and-Learning-Outcomes.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectGender Bias
dc.subjectGender Gap
dc.subjectEducation Quality
dc.subjectEducational Attainment
dc.subjectFemale Labor Force
dc.subjectEducational Evaluation
dc.subjectTeaching Effectiveness
dc.subjectGender Equality
dc.subjectTeacher-Student Interaction
dc.subject.jelcodeI2 - Education and Research Institutions
dc.subject.jelcodeJ16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeO12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
dc.subject.keywordsStudent Achievemen;Labor outcomes;Teacher-Student Interactions
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRG-K1381
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