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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... resistance and cultural production in critical educational theory . The concept of resistance emphasizes that individuals are not simply acted upon by abstract " structures " but negotiate , struggle , and create meaning of their own ...
... resistance and cultural production theories . While traditionally the concept of resistance has been used to de- scribe public counter - school or antisocial actions , there is an emerging view that this definition is inadequate to ...
... resistance of students can in turn become the focus of critical teaching . As Giroux points out , " the con- cept of resistance highlights the need for classroom teachers to de- cipher how modes of cultural production displayed by ...
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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