In this work, some of the top names in feminist education read, resist and revise the works of the major 20th-century theorists in education and cultural studies. These essays provide a feminist introduction to such important scholars as John Dewey, W.E.B. DuBois, Michel Foucault, Stuart Hall, Paulo Freire and Antonio Gramsci. Contributors include: Patti Lather, Alice Pitt, Jane Kenway, Annette Henry and Madeleine Arnot.
In this work, some of the top names in feminist education read, resist and revise the works of the major 20th-century theorists in education and cultu...
Gathers together notable educators from five different countries to examine contemporary feminist politics and practice in education. It presents a response to recent developments in education and feminist theorising and the restructuring of educational provision.
Gathers together notable educators from five different countries to examine contemporary feminist politics and practice in education. It presents a re...
Focusing on the lives and work of women teachers in two rural California counties from 1850 to 1950, Country Schoolwomen explores the social context of teaching, seeking to understand what teaching meant to women teachers, what it provided them, and how it shaped their categories of experience. The women we meet in this study taught in isolated one- and two-room schoolhouses and in the migrant schools of the Depression years; many of them witnessed the profound upheavals brought about by the two world wars. Through the lens of their lives, the author examines the growth of state...
Focusing on the lives and work of women teachers in two rural California counties from 1850 to 1950, Country Schoolwomen explores the social co...
Applying theory to practice, "Women Teaching for Change" reveals the complexity of being a feminist teacher in a public school setting, in which the forces of sexism, racism, and classism, which so characterize society as a whole, are played out in multiracial, multicultural classrooms. A fine book, a rich melding of critical theory in education, feminist literature, and pedagogical experience and expertise. "Maxine Green, Columbia University"
Applying theory to practice, "Women Teaching for Change" reveals the complexity of being a feminist teacher in a public school setting, in which...
Applying theory to practice, "Women Teaching for Change" reveals the complexity of being a feminist teacher in a public school setting, in which th...
Applying theory to practice, "Women Teaching for Change" reveals the complexity of being a feminist teacher in a public school setting, in which the forces of sexism, racism, and classism, which so characterize society as a whole, are played out in multiracial, multicultural classrooms. A fine book, a rich melding of critical theory in education, feminist literature, and pedagogical experience and expertise. "Maxine Green, Columbia University"
Applying theory to practice, "Women Teaching for Change" reveals the complexity of being a feminist teacher in a public school setting, in which...
Applying theory to practice, "Women Teaching for Change" reveals the complexity of being a feminist teacher in a public school setting, in which th...
Rewriting Literacy makes a profound contribution to the developing field of literacy studies as it is the first book which seeks to link such disciplines as linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropology, education, English as a second language, and reading and writing theory.
The chapters in this edited collection, by some of the foremost scholars of the day, all focus on the nature of literacy. Each article brings to light important concerns regarding literacy, concerns which are often ignored by the more traditionally oriented educationalist. The authors illustrate how literacy is...
Rewriting Literacy makes a profound contribution to the developing field of literacy studies as it is the first book which seeks to link such disci...
Rewriting Literacy makes a profound contribution to the developing field of literacy studies as it is the first book which seeks to link such disciplines as linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropology, education, English as a second language, and reading and writing theory.
The chapters in this edited collection, by some of the foremost scholars of the day, all focus on the nature of literacy. Each article brings to light important concerns regarding literacy, concerns which are often ignored by the more traditionally oriented educationalist. The authors illustrate how literacy is...
Rewriting Literacy makes a profound contribution to the developing field of literacy studies as it is the first book which seeks to link such disci...
This book examines the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America through the lens of a joint biography of these two extraordinary women, Heffernan, the California Commissioner of Rural and Elementary Education between 1926 and 1965, and Seeds, the Director of the University Elementary school at UCLA between 1925 and 1957.
This book examines the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America through the lens of a joint biography of these two extraordinar...
This book examines the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America through the lens of a joint biography of these two extraordinary women, Heffernan, the California Commissioner of Rural and Elementary Education between 1926 and 1965, and Seeds, the Director of the University Elementary school at UCLA between 1925 and 1957.
This book examines the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America through the lens of a joint biography of these two extraordinar...
