The Socially Responsible Feminist EFL Classroom

A Japanese Perspective on Identities, Beliefs and Practices
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78309-801-9
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 151 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 411 g

This book explores the realities of feminist EFL teachers’ lives through interviews and classroom observations with eight EFL teachers at Japanese universities. The data contained in the book broaden our understanding of feminist teaching in the language classroom while also providing suggestions for practice. The book examines not only how the teachers’ feminist identities influence their pedagogical beliefs and practices but also how the teachers actually practice feminist teaching in their classrooms. The tensions, dilemmas and pleasures of feminist teaching converge in this book, which attempts to shed light on a question that is often asked in either ESL or EFL teaching contexts: is teaching about gender-related topics (including controversial sociopolitical topics) in the language classroom education or indoctrination?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yoshihara, Reiko

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Method, Data Collection, and Participants

3. On Becoming a Feminist EFL Teacher

4. Teaching According to Feminist Principles

5. Incompatibility Between Feminist Identity and Classroom Practices

6. Conclusion

Epilogue

References

Appendix

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Yoshihara, Reiko
Reiko Yoshihara is an Associate Professor at Nihon University, Japan. Her research interests include feminist pedagogy in TESOL, gender and language education, and feminist qualitative research.