Lena Karlsson
Docent | Senior lecturer | Deputy head of department
Just us, just discussing: imagined homogeneities in the Gender Studies classroom
Author
Summary, in English
some voices and practices. It draws on feminist and anti-oppressive theory to discuss ways to pedagogically trouble the enactment of homogeneous interpretive communities in the Gender Studies classroom. As the Gender Studies teacher, I devised pedagogical practices based on the allocation of specific roles as a way to work towards an anti-discriminatory classroom by demystifying academic practice and framing seminar practice as a social genre. The article critically reflects on students’ subsequent reluctance to take on roles and
their preference for free-flowing discussions, doing what comes naturally, a ‘doing’ of academia which, I suggest, is linked to social privilege.
Department/s
- Department of Gender Studies
Publishing year
2015
Language
English
Pages
654-665
Publication/Series
Gender and Education
Volume
27
Issue
6
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Topic
- Gender Studies
Keywords
- interpretive communities
- imagined homogeneity
- the seminar classroom
- genre
- anti-oppressive pedagogy
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1360-0516