Naples / Bojar Teaching Feminist Activism

Strategies from the Field
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-317-79498-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 340 Seiten

From theoretical analysis to practical teaching tools, an indispensable guide for educators seeking to link feminist theory and activism to their teaching. Included are web sites, videos, recommended texts, and additional course outlines.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Naples, Nancy A.

Bojar, Karen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction
1. Teaching Feminist Activism Experientially - Karen Bojar and Nancy Naples
I. Theorizing Experiential Learning and Activist Strategies

2. The Dynamics of Critical Pedagogy, Experiential Learning and Feminist Praxis in Women's Studies - Nancy A. Naples
3. Collaborative Learning, Subversive Teaching, and Activism - Jane A. Rinehart
4. Challenging the 'Academic/Real World' Divide - Catherine M. Orr
5. Teaching Feminist Activism: Probing our Assumptions, Analyzing our Choices - Karen Bojar
II. Teaching Feminist Politics Experientially
6. Teaching Community Action in the Introductory Women's Studies Classroom - Nancy A. Naples
7. Bridging Feminist Theory and Feminist Practice in a Senior Seminar - Jennifer L. Rexroat
8. Activism and the Women's Studies Curriculum - Ellen Cronan Rose
III. Teaching Intersectionality: The Politics of Gender, Race, Class, and Globalization
9. Global Feminism and Activism in a Women's Studies Practicum - Kayann Short
10. Globalization and Radical Feminist Pedagogy - Anna M. Agathangelou
11. Activism and Alliance Within Campus Sisterhood Organizations - Simona J. Hill
12. The Individual and Collective Rewards of Community-Based Service Learning - Patricia Washington
IV. Women's Studies, Experiential Education, and Community Partnership
13. Building Feminist Educational Alliances - Melissa Kesler Gilbert and Catherine Sameh
14. The Atlanta Semester Program in Women's Leadership and Social Change - Isa Williams
15. Women Studies and the Women and Poverty Public Education Initiative - Katherine Rhoades, Anne Statham and Mary Kay Scheiter
16. A Women's Studies Foray into Web Site Development - Rebecca Anne Allahyari
Conclusion
17. Reflections on the Present and Future of Feminist Praxis in Women's Studies - Karen Bojar and Nancy A. Naples
Works Cited
Resources: Student Internship Settings Web Sites - Rebecca Anne Allahyari
Additional Resources: Reference Guides, Publications, Videos, and Web Sites for Teaching Feminist Activism - Joan Ariel and Jennifer Rogers
Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Nancy Naples is Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Connecticut, and the author of several books including Community Activism and Feminist Politics. Karen Bojar is Professor of English and Women's Studies at the Community College of Philadelphia.