This is actually a serious pedagogical paper I was going to write many years ago, but a pedagogical conference rejected my abstract and I never ended up writing. I just re-discovred it in my hard drive, and I thought you might find it interesting…<\/p>\n
1) Traditional feminist pedagogies:
\n– create “safe space” for women where personal experiences can be shared, honored, and placed in sociopolitical context.
\n– foster egalitarian relationship among students as well as between students and the teacher.
\n– personal awareness connected to political action.<\/p>\n
2) Problem with the traditional feminist pedagogies:
\n– creates pretense of egalitarian relationship, when in reality there are definite power imbalances not just between teacher and the student, but also among students along their respective social locations.
\n– notions of “safe space” privileges women who are oppressed only because of sex (i.e. white, middle-class, able-bodied, etc.)<\/p>\n
3) “Safe, sane and consensual” S\/M pedagogy:
\n– explicit negotiation of power within classroom which outlines rules and responsibilities
\n– exercise of power is consensual and designed to maximize equity and learning (e.g. use of teacher’s power to interrupt oppressive patterns and model anti-oppressive behaviors)
\n– positions as “teacher” and “students” played as roles, rather than something inherent in the individuals or the relationship
\n– use of “safe words” to time-out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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