Women Teaching for Change: Gender, Class and PowerBloomsbury Academic, 1988 - 174 pages Applying theory to practice, Women Teaching for Change reveals the complexity of being a feminist teacher in a public school setting, in which the forces of sexism, racism, and classism, which so characterize society as a whole, are played out in multiracial, multicultural classrooms. A fine book, a rich melding of critical theory in education, feminist literature, and pedagogical experience and expertise. Maxine Green, Columbia University |
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Page 101
... conflict between the power of the institutions and the critical consciousness of these women is highlighted . In their practice we see the conflict between their vision of what teaching and schooling ought to be , and the reality of ...
... conflict between the power of the institutions and the critical consciousness of these women is highlighted . In their practice we see the conflict between their vision of what teaching and schooling ought to be , and the reality of ...
Page 119
... conflicts , which must be faced by the feminist teacher . These conflicts are particularly clear in cases in which the culture of the students conflict with the culture of the feminist teacher in terms of definitions of gender . In ...
... conflicts , which must be faced by the feminist teacher . These conflicts are particularly clear in cases in which the culture of the students conflict with the culture of the feminist teacher in terms of definitions of gender . In ...
Page 139
... conflict . When that conflict occurs , the white woman teacher may fall back on her dominance in the teacher / student relationship . This kind of conflict is apparent in this exchange in a social studies class in the second high school ...
... conflict . When that conflict occurs , the white woman teacher may fall back on her dominance in the teacher / student relationship . This kind of conflict is apparent in this exchange in a social studies class in the second high school ...
Contents
CHAPTER TWO Feminist Analyses of Gender | 27 |
CHAPTER THREE Feminist Methodology | 57 |
CHAPTER FOUR The Dialectics of Gender in | 73 |
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