Feminisms in Education: An IntroductionGaby Weiner presents an overview of recent developments in feminist educational thinking and practice in Britain, exploring the ethical and professional challenges which now face feminist teachers and educators. The main aim of the text is to introduce issues relating to gender, curriculum, pedagogy and practice. It also affirms the good news of the transformative powers of feminist consciousness as well as the bad news of social inequality. |
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an autobiographical | 10 |
universal or specific | 27 |
feminist practitioners | 74 |
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