Feminist Challenges to Curriculum Design.

Parsons, Susan F.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Feminist Challenges to Curriculum Design.

Parsons, Susan F.

Studies in the Education of Adults, v22 n1 p49-58 Apr 1990

Explains how the feminist critique of education encompasses gender attitudes, sexist language, and the power structure. Illustrates the approaches of liberal, radical, and socialist feminism through a description of the design of a philosophy syllabus. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Criticism, Curriculum Design, Feminism, Higher Education, Liberalism, Philosophy, Power Structure, Sex Stereotypes, Sexism in Language, Socialism

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Language: English

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