Feminist Pedagogy

Since the early 1990s, I have been attempting to construct and practice a feminist pedagogy which is congruent with my values and educational aims. In all the classes I teach, I want equality and respect for diversity to be central to the interactions that take place, enabling all students to feel free to learn.

I have been inspired by bell hooks and many other feminist educators and influenced by the ideas of Paulo Freire and Carl Rogers.

I base my approach to teaching on three principles

• to strive for egalitarian relationships in the classroom
• to try to make all students feel valued as individuals
• to use the experience of students as a learning resource

These principles can be expressed more simply in the form of three prohibitions to teachers in their relations with students

• don't dominate
• don't humiliate
• don't indoctrinate

The details of the pieces I have published can be found on the bibliography which includes UK sources not commonly found in online lists. Also see the page of quotations relevant to feminist pedagogy from a variety of authors.

Online Articles

• Toward a Revolutionary Feminist Pedagogy by bell hooks
• Practising Feminist Pedagogy: Transforming the Didactic Culture of the University by V Clifford, B Nicholas, M Lousberg
• Feminist Pedagogy and the Integration of Knowledge: Toward a More Interdisciplinary University by D Relke ©1994
• Is there a difference between good teaching and feminist pedagogy? by Catherine Gillbert
• Feminist Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning Liberation by Linda Briskin
• Who has the Authority to Speak about Practice and How Does it Influence Educational Inquiry? by Jennifer Gore
• Why Not A Feminist Overhaul of Higher Education? by Daphne Patai
• How can feminist pedagogy promote the empowerment of women? by Shehna Jabbar, Janice Jones, Anu Kashyap and Magdalena Rydzy
• Development of Women's Studies in USA by Mariam Chamberlain
• Values in HE by Robin Powers
• Critical Reflections on a Feminist Adult Education Resource by Arlene Wells
• Feminist Pedagogy in Community Colleges by Tamara Agha-Jaffar
• Students' Perspectives of Feminist Pedagogy in Multicultural Counseling Courses by Ximena E. Mejía
• Oberlin College: Self-empowerment and Difference by Linda Silver
• Is the Personal Political? Take Two: Being One's Self is Always an Acquired Taste by Mary Leach
• Feminist Pedagogy in Graduate Music Classes by Elizabeth Sayrs
• Hitting and Missing the Mark: Feminist Inquiry and Pedagogy in United States Women's Studies Graduate Programs by Phyllis Baker and Siqin Yang
• Learning from Feminism: Education, Pedagogy and Practice 1 Gaby Weiner
• Practicing at Praxis: Doing Critical, Feminist Pedagogy by Rebecca Jarvis
• Confronting the “Essential” Problem: Reconnecting Feminist Theory and Pedagogy by Joy S. Ritchie
• Teaching at Its Best: A Passionate Detachment in the Classroom by JoAnne Myers & Joan C. Tronto
• Feminist Pedagogies and Graduate Adult and Higher Education for Women Students: Matters of Connection and Possibility by Patricia A. Gouthro & André P. Grace
• Chicago/Woodman Teaching Methodology: Participatory Art Pedagogy Informed by Feminist Principles
• Feminist Pedagogy in Action: An On-Line Module About Service-Learning by Elizabeth G. Creamer
• A Feminist Scholar Questions How Women Fare in Distance Education by Goldie Blumenstyk
• Creating New Pedagogies at the Millennium:The Common Experiences of University of Wisconsin-Madison Teachers Using Distance Education Technologies by Nancy Diekelmann et al
• Gender, Technology and Pedagogy
• The Interconnecting Web: Adult Learning Cohorts as Sites for Collaborative Learning, Feminist Pedagogy and Experiential Ways of Knowing by Randee Lipson Lawrence
• Feminist Pedagogy and the Lap Top Computer: Progress or Regression? by Paula Chegwidden
• Power, Voice and Democratization: Feminist Pedagogy and Assessment in CMC by Katy Campbell
• Critical Pedagogy in the Multicultural Classroom by John Higgins
• Using A Feminist Pedagogy As A Male Teacher by Steven P. Schacht
• WMST-L Discussion of Ways of Dealing with Sensitive Subjects in Class
• WMST-L Discussion of Using Quizzes in Women's Studies Classes
• WMST-L Discussion of whether feminist pedagogy is compatible with giving failing grades
• Feminist Pedagogy and Equal Access to the Curriculum by Penny Welch

Resources

• National Center for Curriculum Transformation Resources on Women
• Feminist Pedagogy and Interdisciplinarity
• Feminist Pedagogy: Main Ideological Themes
• Feminist Pedagogical Resource Guide: Introduction to Women’s Studies compiled by Farrah Ferriell
• Women-related Higher Education Websites
• Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources
• Feminist Pedagogy Bibliography
• Bibliography by Laurie Finke
• Feminist Pedagogy Bibliography

URL: http://www.wlv.ac.uk/~le1810/femped.htm
Created by Penny Welch August 2000/updated May 2004

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