TY - JOUR
T1 - Reflections from the trenches
T2 - Our development as feminist teachers
AU - Sharp, Elizabeth A.
AU - Bermudez, J. Maria
AU - Watson, Wendy
AU - Fitzpatrick, Jacki
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - In this article, we share our challenges and positive experiences of using feminist pedagogy to teach an undergraduate course on gender development. We use a developmental contextual, feminist perspective to address issues related to (a) internalized sexism, (b) contrasts in student's religious beliefs and sexism, (c) students' developmental level, and (d) teaching intersectionality. In response to the challenges, we offer practical applications of integrating feminist pedagogy in the classroom. Finally, we delineate the ways in which our application of feminist pedagogy has benefited us in our growth and offer suggestions for future research.
AB - In this article, we share our challenges and positive experiences of using feminist pedagogy to teach an undergraduate course on gender development. We use a developmental contextual, feminist perspective to address issues related to (a) internalized sexism, (b) contrasts in student's religious beliefs and sexism, (c) students' developmental level, and (d) teaching intersectionality. In response to the challenges, we offer practical applications of integrating feminist pedagogy in the classroom. Finally, we delineate the ways in which our application of feminist pedagogy has benefited us in our growth and offer suggestions for future research.
KW - Development
KW - Feminist pedagogy
KW - Gender relations course
KW - Reflexivity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33847726318&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0192513X06297473
DO - 10.1177/0192513X06297473
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33847726318
VL - 28
SP - 529
EP - 548
JO - Journal of Family Issues
JF - Journal of Family Issues
SN - 0192-513X
IS - 4
ER -