TY - JOUR
T1 - Teacher Gender, Student Gender, and Primary School Achievement
T2 - Evidence from Ten Francophone African Countries
AU - Lee, Jieun
AU - Rhee, Dong Eun
AU - Rudolf, Robert
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2019/4/3
Y1 - 2019/4/3
N2 - Using an exceptionally rich, standardised education assessment dataset comprising over 1800 primary schools and 31,000 grade six students from 10 francophone Western and Central African countries, this study analyses the relationship between teacher gender, student gender, and student achievement. Findings indicate that, for girls, being taught by a female teacher increases math and reading performance. For boys, however, teacher gender has no effect. Similar, but less strong effects are also found for subject appreciation. Moreover, traditional academic gender stereotypes remain prevalent among both male and female teachers. Our findings suggest that hiring more female teachers in the region can reduce educational gender gaps without hurting boys.
AB - Using an exceptionally rich, standardised education assessment dataset comprising over 1800 primary schools and 31,000 grade six students from 10 francophone Western and Central African countries, this study analyses the relationship between teacher gender, student gender, and student achievement. Findings indicate that, for girls, being taught by a female teacher increases math and reading performance. For boys, however, teacher gender has no effect. Similar, but less strong effects are also found for subject appreciation. Moreover, traditional academic gender stereotypes remain prevalent among both male and female teachers. Our findings suggest that hiring more female teachers in the region can reduce educational gender gaps without hurting boys.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044750880&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00220388.2018.1453604
DO - 10.1080/00220388.2018.1453604
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85044750880
SN - 0022-0388
VL - 55
SP - 661
EP - 679
JO - Journal of Development Studies
JF - Journal of Development Studies
IS - 4
ER -