ERIC Number: EJ720868
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 9
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0882-4843
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Feminist Pedagogy in the Elementary Classroom: An Agenda for Practice
DiGiovanni, Lee Woodham; Liston, Delores D.
Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, v15 n2 p123-131 2005
Because elementary education is predominantly made up of women, it is interesting that not much research in the field has been conducted with an inherently feminist perspective. Lisa Goldstein notes that developmental psychology has been the theoretical foundation for early childhood education--an irony, especially considering the pervasiveness of masculinist discourse within that field. The authors of this paper, following a thorough review of the literature on this topic, concluded that, with few exceptions, feminist pedagogical practices are relatively unstudied in and virtually unapplied to the elementary school level. This paper explores the possibilities for student-empowering pedagogical practice on the elementary level and suggests a new agenda for research into feminist teaching in K-5 classrooms. (Contains 5 endnotes.)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods, Females, Elementary Education, Student Empowerment, Feminism
University of Illinois Press, 1325 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820-6903. Tel: 217-333-0950.
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 1; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Kindergarten
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Language: English
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