Gender relations in higher education: Exploring lecturers perceptions of student evaluations of teaching

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 337-358

  Carson, Lloyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Gender; Lecturer; Stereotype; Student; Teaching; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866550775     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520152731990     Document Type: Article

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