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
... teaching and education into practice in urban high schools . Feminist and antiracist teachers and administrators hold certain beliefs about justice and equality that they try to put into effect in their work . But they inherit positions ...
... teaching and education into practice in urban high schools . Feminist and antiracist teachers and administrators hold certain beliefs about justice and equality that they try to put into effect in their work . But they inherit positions ...
Page 102
... ADMINISTRATORS Traditionally women have occupied subordinate positions in schools ; they have been classroom teachers ... teachers in these schools . One of the teachers commented , for example , that she feels the female dean of ...
... ADMINISTRATORS Traditionally women have occupied subordinate positions in schools ; they have been classroom teachers ... teachers in these schools . One of the teachers commented , for example , that she feels the female dean of ...
Page 124
... teachers and administrators and the ideo- logical debates over the nature of teaching and the political role of schooling are a part of larger political and ideological struggles . But as we have seen , these struggles do not completely ...
... teachers and administrators and the ideo- logical debates over the nature of teaching and the political role of schooling are a part of larger political and ideological struggles . But as we have seen , these struggles do not completely ...
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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