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Gender and the Learning Environment

An Investigation of Learning Spaces at IUPUI John Fierst. Gender and the Learning Environment. Learning Environments. Classroom or study space Taken in a variety of campus buildings: IT Building School of Science Engineering and Technology University Library Kelley/SPEA

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Gender and the Learning Environment

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  1. An Investigation of Learning Spaces at IUPUI John Fierst Gender and the Learning Environment

  2. Learning Environments • Classroom or study space • Taken in a variety of campus buildings: • IT Building • School of Science • Engineering and Technology • University Library • Kelley/SPEA • Education/Social Work • Cavanaugh Hall • Taylor Hall

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  4. Survey Participants • 138 Total Responses • 98 Females, 40 Males • Basis of Data Analysis • Masculine, Slightly Masculine, Neutral, Slightly Feminine, Feminine • Masculine = 1 • Slightly Masculine = 2 • Neutral = 3 • Slightly Feminine = 4 • Feminine = 5

  5. Results • Analysis done with respect to the entire 138 participants • Of the entire 4140 responses collected (138x30)… • 1188 – Masculine (28.7%) • 730 – Slightly Masculine (17.6%) • 1845 – Neutral (44.6%) • 795 – Slightly Feminine (19.2%) • 1130 – Feminine (27.3%) • Nearly half of the responses were neutral

  6. Results • Analysis done with respect to the entire 138 participants • Most feminine space = 4.333 • Most masculine space = 1.906

  7. Results • Analysis done with respect to the entire 138 participants • Distribution of learning environments

  8. Results • Most neutral classrooms: 2.975 and 3.075 respectively • Women saw the orange space as slightly more masculine, and men saw it as more neutral

  9. Results • Analysis done with respect to gender • Small differences between male and female respondents • Same room appeared most masculine and most feminine to both genders • Top row = female; bottom row = male

  10. Results • Analysis done with respect to school/building • Honors College – more feminine • Runner Up: The Tower • Lecture Hall – more masculine • Runner Up: IT

  11. Connections to R325/Kimmel • Interplanetary Theory of Gender Difference • Survey results show we’re more alike than different • Hidden Curriculum • Informal interactions with professors and students • Based on my survey, this could extend to the way we perceive and interact with our learning environments

  12. Conclusion • Our university’s learning environments are mostly neutral (half of responses and over half of classrooms were neutral). • Men and women seemed to define gendered learning environments in the same way. • Newer spaces should consider gendered visual appearance.

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