Looking at Feminist Pedagogies: What is Seen in the Literature and What is Seen in an Art Education Studio/Classroom

Abstract

Feminist Pedagogy is about teaching in a particular way: recognizing the relations of power—based on gender, class, race and sexual orientation—that permeate the classroom. It is influenced by the emphasis of the women's liberation movement on 'process' and accepts the intrinsic link between changing curricula and changing teaching practice. In this sense, feminist pedagogy is about validating the process of teaching...Feminist pedagogy make visible the real experience of gender in society, in the school and in the classroom. It unmasks the dynamic of power/powerlessness, the devaluation of women and the invisibility of their experience (Briskin, 1990, p.1). Some