Expanding the Classroom

Fostering Active Learning and Activism

Author: Colette A. Hyman
Secondary Author: Diane Lichtenstein
ISBN: 1558612327

   It is one thing to teach about women; it is another to change the way students and teachers think-and an even larger step to change the way they shape their own lives and the life of the community. This collection brings together historical perspectives from the founding mother's of women's studies and voices of contemporary women's studies practitioners and activists, creating a rich dialogue about ways to foster consciousness and social change.    Reflective narratives and pedagogical essays advance the importance of promoting active learning, as well as restoring the accomplishments of activists and women's studies practitioners in moving modern mountains, within and outside of institutions, in the United States and beyond. The work goes beyond the classroom, looking at a variety of individual and community projects that help shape an activist consciousness: advocacy work for battered women, teaching grassroots microedit strategies, lobbying for gay and lesbian rights educa

Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY
Publish Date: 1999

Subjects: Education / General, Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Activism)