Creating space for critical feminist social work pedagogy

What Is Feminist Pedagogy?

Feminist pedagogy is a theory about the teaching/learning process that guides our choice of classroom practices by providing criteria to evaluate specific educational strategies and techniques in terms of the desired course goals or outcomes. These evaluative criteria include the extent to which a community of learners is empowered to act responsibly toward one another and the subject matter an...

Women Composers Concerts + Feminist Pedagogy = ?

Perhaps a better (rhetorical) question would be: “What wasn’t feminist about our project?” These days, there are certainly many different cultural feminist events in general (eg: women’s poetry readings, women’s folk music festivals, women’s art exhibits, the Vagina Monologues, etc). Many music schools and other music organizations (eg: Eastman School of Music, Indiana University of Pennsylvani...

Creating Capable Nanosatellites for Critical Space Missions

INTRODUCTION Budgetary challenges and launch access limitations have historically constrained the ability to field new space capabilities and technologies for many U.S. government organizations focused on civil and national security alike. Throughout the past decade, advances in highly reliable commercial electronics, miniaturization techniques, and materials have enabled a new class of small n...

Feminist Pedagogy and Education in Values

A Feminist Reframing of Bullying and Harassment: Transforming Schools through Critical Pedagogy

This article aims to reformulate existing understandings of bullying behaviours in secondary schools, by applying a critical feminist lens to patterns of verbal and psychological harassment among students. Through this understanding, educators may better understand the causes of (hetero)sexist, transphobic, and homophobic behaviours. With a more complex awareness of these power relations, teach...