¿Existe sesgo de género en la valoración de la actividad docente de títulos de Edificación? = Is there a gender bias in the valuation of the teaching activity in Building Engineering degrees?

The enrolment of women in building and architecture studies does not reflect accurately their actual contribution to this professional field. In contrast to other engineering degrees [1], the contribution of female students to the overall registration is higher and somewhat similar to the presence of male students. However, the percentage of women that work in the field of building engineering and architecture is quite low [2] and the prospects of a trend change are scant [3]. On the other hand, the percentage of women teaching in architecture and building schools is clearly lower than that of female students. Student surveys are the most common method to assess the quality of teaching in higher education [4]. This is somehow controversial [5], as some countries and/or universities use these results to take actions on the career progress of their faculty. Among the opposing arguments against this methodology, the possible existence of bias -and in particular gender bias- might invalidate the quality assessment results [6]. The main objective of this work is to analyze the status of the female faculty at the School of Architecture (ETSAE) of Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, and evaluate how the students evaluation of their teaching activities compare to those of the male faculty members. A methodology to analyze the results of the surveys during the academic year 2015-16 is presented, that aims to quantify the influence of gender in the quality performance indicators of the quality assessment. Undergraduate and graduate programs at ETSAE are evaluated, and the extension of this methodology to other degrees at UPCT is discussed.