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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... class background of students . One site had a mixed working - class and middle - class population with a fairly large number of students from strongly ethnic and recent im- migrant families . Urban schools increasingly must meet the ...
... middle - class parents to get their children into the school , which was perceived by them to be the most desirable ... class and ethnicity . The classes I observed in this high school were not labeled " women's studies " ; some were ...
... middle - class girls from feminist homes ) or it can conflict with students along gender , class , or race lines . The contradictory ways these texts and practices are read by students can be seen in the discourse in these classrooms ...
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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