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Integrating Multicultural and Feminist Pedagogies: Personal Perspectives on Positionality, Challenges, and Benefits
Teaching and social justice: Integrating multicultural and feminist theories in the classroom (2005)
  • Carolyn Zerbe Enns
  • Ada L. Sinacore
  • Vianey Acevedo
  • Özge Akçali
  • Saba Rasheed Ali
  • Julie R. Ancis
  • Tina M. Anctil, Portland State University
  • Karyn J. Boatwright
  • Michele C. Boyer
  • Angela M. Byars-Winston
  • Ruth E. Fassinger
  • Linda M. Forrest
  • Nancy F. Hensler-McGinnis
  • Heidi A. Larson
  • Cecilia A. Nepomuceno
  • Karen W. Tao
Abstract
The authors of this book share the belief that integrating multicultural and feminist perspectives is challenging but rewarding and that their positionalities as educators have a significant impact on how they make connections among wide-ranging approaches to diversity. In this final chapter, the authors contribute personal reflections about the complex task of teaching from a multicultural and feminist perspective. This chapter is based on authors' responses to the following questions: (a) How does your positionality (e.g., world-view, multicultural and feminist theoretical perspectives, social identities, and roles) influence your pedagogy? and (b) What are the challenges and benefits of integrating multicultural and feminist perspectives? Because of space limitations, this summary provides only brief responses to the complex questions that authors have considered. Nevertheless, their hope is that the themes emerging from authors' statements provide a useful glimpse of the issues educators face as they teach about and for social justice.
Keywords
  • Multicultural education,
  • Critical pedagogy
Publication Date
2005
Editor
Carolyn Zerbe Enns and Ada L. Sinacore
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Citation Information
Carolyn Zerbe Enns, Ada L. Sinacore, Vianey Acevedo, Özge Akçali, et al.. "Integrating Multicultural and Feminist Pedagogies: Personal Perspectives on Positionality, Challenges, and Benefits" Washington, DCTeaching and social justice: Integrating multicultural and feminist theories in the classroom (2005)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tina_anctil/10/