ERIC Number: EJ748292
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1341
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Shared Learning: Feminist Student Research on Household Reuse Behavior
Medley, Kimberly E.; Zhou, Ying; Condon, Darcy
Journal of Geography, v105 n5 p209-215 2006
This paper describes collaborative student research on waste management that first compiled home interviews with women professors in Oxford, Ohio, USA, and Beijing, China, on household reuse for a graduate thesis and then communicated the findings in a handbook for undergraduate students. The women participants described diverse household reuse activities and important differences in how items enter and leave their homes. Reuse behaviors were derived intuitively from local contexts but could also be learned through cross-cultural education. These projects show positive links between feminist research and pedagogy in geography that encourage shared learning and promote women's contributions to environmental conservation.
Descriptors: Student Research, Sanitation, Interviews, Women Faculty, Recycling, Cross Cultural Studies, Geography Instruction, Conservation (Environment), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Feminism, Conservation Education, Sharing Behavior, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China (Beijing)
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