Hello sarah1028,
As you likely know already, there are many references on the Web to
feminist pedagogy, and within those references, more citations to
books and articles on the subject. There are even hundreds of pages
that mention feminist pedagogy and adult education. (Still more pages
might be relevant, such as those that refer to "feminist education" or
"adult learning".) So, in addition to the answer I provide below, you
might want to browse some of these results, to see what else you might
find.
'Searched the web for "feminist pedagogy"'
Google
://www.google.com/search?q=%22feminist+pedagogy%22&num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&filter=0
'Searched the web for "feminist pedagogy" "adult education"'
Google
://www.google.com/search?q=%22feminist+pedagogy%22+%22adult+education%22&num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&filter=0
My sense is that there are many possible definitions of feminist
pedagogy. One definition is:
"An egalitarian and emancipatory approach to teaching/learning in
which educators engender community to bring an end to patriarchal ways
of thinking, thus empowering students, regardless of age, race, sex,
or disability, to learn without the oppressive practices that are
often inadvertently imposed by educators."
"Glossary"
Diekelmann Web (Nancy Diekelmann, University of Wisconsin)
http://www.son.wisc.edu/diekelmann/research/definitions.htm
Here is an excerpt from another description of a feminist pedagogy:
"... A feminist pedagogy ... attempts to decenter authority. As Dale
Bauer notes in "The Other 'F' Word in the Classroom," we achieve as
feminist rhetoricians in the classroom "a mastery that is not
oppressive, . . . an authoritative voice that is not the only
authority" (395). Furthermore, we remain as "learners in the
classroom as well as sources of authority and expertise" (NWSA 14).
Such a pedagogy is collaborative, interactive and participatory; it
strives to foster the individual voice in the classroom. ... A
feminist pedagogy, to use a classic feminist and computer metaphor,
attempts to weave students and faculty together into a web."
"A Feminist Web Pedagogy"
"Women's Studies 101 on the Web" (Lisa Hammond Rashley, University of
South Carolina Lancaster)
http://web.infoave.net/~lrashley/wost/femweb.htm
Appropriately, one web page asks several women for their views on the
meaning of feminist pedagogy:
"What does feminist pedagogy mean to you?"
Creating Spaces for Feminist Pedagogy (Penn State University personal
page)
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/m/x/mxn130/definition.htm
With respect to adult education, one web page on feminist pedagogy (
http://pers-www.wlv.ac.uk/~le1810/femped.htm ) provides links to two
articles of interest:
"Making Connections Across Cultures: Critical Reflections on a
Feminist Adult Education Resource", by Arlene Wells (posted 10
September, 1998)
Women and Literacy (Brown University)
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/wells.html
"The Interconnecting Web: Adult Learning Cohorts as Sites for
Collaborative Learning, Feminist Pedagogy and Experiential Ways of
Knowing", by Randee Lipson Lawrence (posted 25 June 1997)
Graduate Studies in Adult Education (National Louis University)
http://www.nl.edu/ace/Resources/Documents/Cohorts.html
Other articles that indicate the implications of feminist pedagogy for
adult educators are:
"How can feminist pedagogy promote the empowerment of women?", by
Shehna Jabbar, Janice Jones, Anu Kashyap and Magdalena Rydzy
("Questions and Answers on Adult Education", edited by Daniel
Schugurensky)
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of
Toronto (OISE/UT)
http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~daniel_schugurensky/faqs/qa17.html
"Activity 6: Feminist Pedagogy"
ED 553: Learning Theories (Oregon State University)
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/ed553/act6.html
"Women and Adult Education: A Postmodern Perspective", by Dr. Tammy D.
Dewar (chapter from Foundations of Adult Education in Canada, 1997)
Calliope Learning
http://www.calliopelearning.com/papers/women.html
I hope that this information is helpful.
- justaskscott
In addition to the search terms indicated in the answer, I also
searched for:
"feminist pedagogy" defintions
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