Feminist Pedagogy

Abstract

Feminist pedagogy has historically emphasized the lack of women's voices and women's experiences evident in teaching, learning, and knowledge creation. In recent years, the latter have expanded to address interlocking systems of oppression including race, class, ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, religion, ability, and other categories of difference and to respond to trans and queer critiques of gender essentialism in earlier approaches. The major tenets of feminist pedagogy are: critiquing and dismantling the various interlocking systems of oppression (sexism, racism, classism, ableism, transphobia, and homophobia) evident in education by challenging traditional ways of teaching and learning that create and maintain power differentials; creating and promoting equity and equality in and out of the classroom (through individual, social, and institutional change); emphasizing inclusion and intersectionality; and hearing and honoring the experiences and reflexive analysis of those who have historically been silenced, erased, or ignored. This chapter defines feminist pedagogy and reviews its history. It also examines intersectionality in education and the myriad ways it can be applied to other areas of social life, intellectual endeavors, and social justice work.

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