Feminist Pedagogy: Looking Back to Move Forward

by Robbin D. Crabtree (Editor), David Alan Sapp (Editor), Adela C. Licona (Editor)

Overview

This collection of essays traces the evolution of feminist pedagogy over the past twenty years, exploring both its theoretical and its practical dimensions.

Feminist pedagogy is defined as a set of epistemological assumptions, teaching strategies, approaches to content, classroom practices, and teacher-student relationships grounded in feminist theory. To apply this philosophy in the classroom, the editors maintain that feminist scholars must critically engage in dialogue and reflection about both what and how they teach, as well as how who they are affects how they teach. In identifying the themes and tensions within the field and in questioning why feminist pedagogy is particularly challenging in some educational environments, these articles illustrate how and why feminist theory is practiced in all kinds of classrooms.

In exploring feminist pedagogy in all its complexities, the contributors identify the practical applications of feminist theory in teaching practices, classroom dynamics, and student-teacher relationships. This volume will help readers develop theoretically grounded classroom practices informed by the advice and experience of fellow practitioners and feminist scholars.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801892769
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	07/06/2009
Series:	A Feminist Formations Reader
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Robbin D. Crabtree is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of communication at Fairfield University.

David Alan Sapp is an associate professor of English and coordinator of the professional writing program at Fairfield University.

Adela C. Licona is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Arizona.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Passion and the Praxis of Feminist Pedagogy Robbin D. Crabtree David Alan Sapp Adela C. Licona 1

Part I Feminist Pedagogical Theory and Praxis

1 Authority Dale M. Bauer 23

2 Resisting "the Dominance of the Professor": Gendered Teaching, Gendered Subjects Pamela L. Caughie Richard Pearce 27

3 Scholarship on the Other Side: Power and Caring in Feminist Education Rebecca Ropers-Huilman 40

4 Beyond Essentialisms: Team Teaching Gender and Sexuality Debbie Storrs John Mihelich 59

5 Not for Queers Only: Pedagogy and Postmodernism Sal Johnston 80

6 Feminist Pedagogy, Interdisciplinary Praxis, and Science Education Maralee Mayberry Margaret N. Rees 94

Part II Pedagogical Practices in the Feminist Classroom

7 Small Group Pedagogy: Consciousness-Raising in Conservative Times Estelle B. Freedman 117

8 Bringing Different Voices into the Classroom Julia T. Wood 138

9 Teaching about Domestic Violence: Strategies for Empowerment Saundra Gardner 150

10 The Shift from Identity Politics to the Politics of Identity: Lesbian Panels in the Women's Studies Classroom Mary Margaret Fonow Debian Marty 159

11 The Protest as a Teaching Technique for Promoting Feminist Activism Suzanna Rose 171

12 Women's Studies on Television? It's Time for Distance Learning Annis H. Hopkins 176

Part III Race Matters: Intersectional Analyses of Classroom Dynamics

13 "I Was [So] Busy Fighting Racism That I Didn't Even Know I Was Being Oppressed as a Woman!" Challenges, Changes, and Empowerment in Teaching about Women of Color Lili M. Kim 195

14 Negotiating Tensions: Teaching about Race Issues in Graduate Feminist Classrooms Anne Donadey209

Part IV Bibliographies

15 Feminist Pedagogy: A Selective Annotated Bibliography Lori A. Goetsch 233

16 Dynamics of the Pluralistic Classroom: A Selected Bibliography Stephanie Riger Carrie Brecke Eve Wiederhold 240

List of Contributors 257

Index 261

What People are Saying About This

Jill Bystydzienski

This well-chosen and organized collection... provides an integrated body of work on feminist pedagogy. The editors’ introduction and sections give the readers a valuable framework for examining and reflecting on principles and practices of feminist teaching. The book is also an excellent resource for teaching feminist pedagogy at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

— Jill Bystydzienski, Ohio State University

Brenda Daly

Feminist pedagogy is variously defined and practiced, but in their marvelous introduction the editors of this fine anthology... identify certain features of this 'passion and praxis' that will be of considerable value to all who, regardless of academic discipline, seek to improve their teaching.

— Brenda Daly, Past Editor, NWSA Journal

Frances A. Maher

Drawn from the preeminent journal in women's studies, these essays constitute the best possible introduction to the broad field of feminist pedagogy. Ranging from theoretical explorations, to practical classroom applications, to challenges offered by diversities of race, ethnicity and sexuality, they offer a comprehensive exploration of the feminist classroom today.

— Frances A. Maher, coauthor with Mary Kay Tetreault of The Feminist Classroom and Privilege and Diversity in the Academy

Patsy Schweickart

The introduction, the articles, and the two bibliographies included make this volume an indispensable resource for those interested in the scholarship of feminist pedagogy.

— Patsy Schweickart, Purdue University

From the Publisher

This retrospective provides a comprehensive account of feminist pedagogical theory and practice over the past two decades. Teachers of all stripes will find rich ideas to bring to their classrooms.
—Mary Kay Tetreault, Provost Emerita, Portland State University, and coauthor with Frances A. Maher of The Feminist Classroom and Privilege and Diversity in the Academy

This valuable collection will appeal to both undergraduate and graduate students and their teachers, extending beyond the field of feminist pedagogy . . . this retrospective promises to engage readers at different levels of familiarity with feminist pedagogy, offering a substantial contribution to the field and revealing the relations and connections to be made within interdisciplinary studies.
—Margaret Macintyre Latta, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Feminist pedagogy is variously defined and practiced, but in their marvelous introduction the editors of this fine anthology . . . identify certain features of this 'passion and praxis' that will be of considerable value to all who, regardless of academic discipline, seek to improve their teaching.
—Brenda Daly, Past Editor, NWSA Journal

This well-chosen and organized collection . . . provides an integrated body of work on feminist pedagogy. The editors’ introduction and sections give the readers a valuable framework for examining and reflecting on principles and practices of feminist teaching. The book is also an excellent resource for teaching feminist pedagogy at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
—Jill Bystydzienski, Ohio State University

Drawn from the preeminent journal in women's studies, these essays constitute the best possible introduction to the broad field of feminist pedagogy. Ranging from theoretical explorations, to practical classroom applications, to challenges offered by diversities of race, ethnicity and sexuality, they offer a comprehensive exploration of the feminist classroom today.
—Frances A. Maher, coauthor with Mary Kay Tetreault of The Feminist Classroom and Privilege and Diversity in the Academy

The introduction, the articles, and the two bibliographies included make this volume an indispensable resource for those interested in the scholarship of feminist pedagogy.
—Patsy Schweickart, Purdue University

Margaret Macintyre Latta

This valuable collection will appeal to both undergraduate and graduate students and their teachers, extending beyond the field of feminist pedagogy... this retrospective promises to engage readers at different levels of familiarity with feminist pedagogy, offering a substantial contribution to the field and revealing the relations and connections to be made within interdisciplinary studies.

— Margaret Macintyre Latta, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Mary Kay Tetreault

This retrospective provides a comprehensive account of feminist pedagogical theory and practice over the past two decades. Teachers of all stripes will find rich ideas to bring to their classrooms.

— Mary Kay Tetreault, Provost Emerita, Portland State University, and coauthor with Frances A. Maher of The Feminist Classroom and Privilege and Diversity in the Academy

Editorial Reviews

A welcome addition to a growing scholarship . . . This book represents overall an accessible and challenging reading and, as such, would be of interest both to students and academics with a keen interest in gender issues in the classroom.
—Marie-Pierre Moreau, Journal of Education for Teaching

Feminist Pedagogy: Looking Back to Move Forward is a valuable work that addresses prominent trends in discussions first raised within the NWSA Journal from 1989 to 2002.
—Jessica L. Willis, Signs

From the Publisher

Feminist Pedagogy: Looking Back to Move Forward is a valuable work that addresses prominent trends in discussions first raised within the NWSA Journal from 1989 to 2002.

Signs - Jessica L. Willis

A welcome addition to a growing scholarship . . . This book represents overall an accessible and challenging reading and, as such, would be of interest both to students and academics with a keen interest in gender issues in the classroom.

Journal of Education for Teaching - Marie-Pierre Moreau

Feminist Pedagogy: Looking Back to Move Forward is a valuable work that addresses prominent trends in discussions first raised within the NWSA Journal from 1989 to 2002.

— Jessica L. Willis

Signs