Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Practicing What We Teach: Feminist Strategies for Teaching about Sexism. |
| Authors: |
Copp, Martha, Kleinman, Sherryl |
| Source: |
Feminist Teacher. 2008, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p101-124. 24p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Sexism in education, *Teaching methods, *Philosophy of education, *Teacher-student relationships, *Creative teaching, Feminism, Sex discrimination against women, Feminist theory, Women's rights, Social perception |
| People: |
Frye, Marilyn |
| Abstract: |
The article focuses on the strategies used by feminist teachers for teaching about sexism. It stated that feminism is defined as a sociologically mindful practice of a feminist person who engage in sociological mindfulness conception of human beings as interdependent. According to Marilyn Frye, sexism is a common oppression which operates systematically against women of all races, classes and sexualities. It is revealed that learning the student's first name as quickly as possible is a good way to build trust between teachers and students. Moreover, building student co-facilitation into the class format will also gets the students to play a more active role in courses. |
| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
