Longitudinal Teacher Education and Workforce Study (ltews) Final Report

Graduate teachers’ effectiveness - by gender

An independent-samples t-test was conducted to compare the means for effectiveness in the seven key areas of teaching, by gender. The results are shown in the Table 80.

Table 80. Comparison of mean for effectiveness in the professional standards – by gender

	Males			Females		Significance
Effective in:	Mean	SD	Mean		SD		p
Round 2
Know students and how they learn	4.09	0.568	4.20		0.595		0.001
Know the content and how to teach it	4.07	0.681	4.12		0.637		0.126
Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning	4.04	0.651	4.13		0.608		0.005
Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments	4.12	0.659	4.28		0.618		0.000
Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning	3.89	0.748	3.94		0.748		0.190
Engage in professional learning	4.10	0.717	4.22		0.719		0.001
Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community	3.81	0.747	4.05		0.725		0.000
Round 3
Know students and how they learn	4.12	0.621	4.22		0.560		0.002
Know the content and how to teach it	4.14	0.670	4.15		0.614		0.834
Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning	4.05	0.651	4.18		0.580		0.000
Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments	4.13	0.693	4.30		0.595		0.000
Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning	3.97	0.712	4.02		0.693		0.152
Engage in professional learning	4.09	0.775	4.22		0.688		0.001
Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community	3.90	0.803	4.10		0.726		0.000

Note: Round 2: males n= 465; females n= 1,634; Round 3: males n= 381; females n= 1,346 p<0.05

There was a significant difference in the scores for males and females in five of the seven key areas in Rounds 2 and 3:

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  ‘Know students and how they learn’
  
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  ‘Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning’
  
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  ‘Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments’
  
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  ‘Engage in professional learning’
  
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  ‘Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community’