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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... boys either dominate discussion or " opt out " of the assignment while girls dutifully fulfill what is asked . She requires boys to be secretaries and girls to be spokespersons for each group . She will divide the class into groups that ...
... boys in each group , " so they will have to fight about who has to be secretary . " The boys in this social problems class mentioned this practice of having boys be secretaries later in a class discussion I held with this class about ...
... Boy # 2 : Look at My Lai . An officer shot himself in the foot . One officer , one enlisted man refused . Girl : It's the male ego . Teacher : I'm hearing different things from boys and girls . ***** Boy # 1 : Girls can't serve in the ...
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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