IS THERE A FEMINIST PEDAGOGY?
Abstract
The following paper attempts to show that there is no "feminist pedagogy." It is maintained that attempts to show that there is have failed to establish either methodological or epistemological grounds on which such a pedagogy might be based. In the case of methodological grounds, the claim is seen to be either rhetorically empty or, where "consciousness-raising" is invoked, to be disingenuous. In the case of epistemological grounds, the claim to a distinct feminist pedagogy which appeals to gender distinctions deriving from Freudian theory is seen to be vacuous. Where the epistemological claim appeals to "postmodernism," it is seen to be incoherent. RÉSUMÉ L'auteur de cet article cherche à démontrer qu'il n'existe pas de "pédagogie féministe". Il affirme que les tentatives visant à démontrer qu'il en existe une n'ont pas réussi à en établir les bases méthodologiques ou epistémologiques. Pour ce qui est des bases méthodologiques, l'assertion est perçue comme étant soit vide sur le plan de la rhétorique soit déloyale lorsqu'on invoque la "prise de conscience". Dans le cas des bases épistémologiques, la revendication d'une pédagogie féministe distincte favorisant la distinction entre hommes et femmes issue de la théorie freudienne est perçue comme vide. Lorsque l'assertion épistémologique en appelle au "postmodernisme", ell est perçue comme incohérente.Downloads
Published
1994-09-01
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Cato, D. (1994). IS THERE A FEMINIST PEDAGOGY?. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 29(003). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/8193
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