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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... consciousness itself . This need to call into question our own consciousness has been articulated by a number of feminists . Dorothy Smith argues that we must begin at the " rupture " between our experiences as women and what she calls ...
... consciousness raising groups immediately after graduating from college . Another woman was out of the country during the late 1960s ; when she returned she felt initially alienated from feminist ideas and only joined a consciousness ...
... consciousness raising , ” and by this she means raising students ' consciousness not just about gender issues , but about issues of race and racism as well . Like others of the teachers , she is concerned about the students ' own ...
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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