There is a significant amount of research into gender differences in academic performance in the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) fields. This has identified important differences between the academic achievement of men and women as measured through grade point averages and time to completion. However, the specific STEM fields of design have not been thoroughly explored. This research investigates the long-term academic performance of a large group of architecture, industrial design, interior design and landscape architecture students at a major Australian university. The study followed the progress of 472 students over an 11-year period. In most fields the academic achievement of students follows expected patterns; the difference in academic grades for male and female students reduces over time. However, in interior design, there are significant differences that increase with time, to the favour of women. A range of social, cultural and contextual influences are discussed including the signature pedagogy of the design studio and the hidden curriculum of design education.

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大学设计项目中基于性别的学术成就差异

在科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 领域，对学业成绩的性别差异进行了大量研究。这已经确定了通过平均绩点和完成时间来衡量的男性和女性学业成绩之间的重要差异。然而，具体的 STEM 设计领域尚未得到彻底探索。本研究调查了澳大利亚一所主要大学的一大批建筑、工业设计、室内设计和景观建筑专业学生的长期学习成绩。该研究跟踪了 472 名学生在 11 年期间的进步。在大多数领域，学生的学业成绩都遵循预期模式；随着时间的推移，男女学生的学业成绩差异逐渐缩小。然而，在室内设计中，随着时间的推移，显着差异越来越大，这对女性有利。讨论了一系列社会、文化和背景影响，包括设计工作室的标志性教学法和设计教育的隐藏课程。