Section
Two
Section
Two
Pages 370 - 386
In the mid-1970's feminism and the reconceptualization entered into the idea of gender analysis. Authors such as Barbara Mitrano, Sandra Wallenstein and Janet L. Miller wrote works important to our understanding of gender and reconceptualization. These feminists argued that feminism may "perpetuate the very gender system it sought to dismantle" (page 373). Peter Maas Taubman, Madeline R. Grumet and William F. Pinar wrote in response to the questions raised by the early works of these feminists.
Part 5: Conception, Contradiction, and Attachment: The Scholarship of Madeline R. Grumet
Grumet's work encompasses phenomenology, autobiography and aesthetic scholarship but it is her work in feminist theory that is discussed in this chapter. Sections include intersubjectivty, touch, pedagogy and reciprocity, transference, teaching and parenting.
Part 6: Creating Spaces and Finding Voices: The Scholarship of Janet L. Miller
Using autobiography, Miller explored relationships among gender identity, the self, and others. Her books The Sound of Silence Breaking, The Resistance of Women Academics: An Autobiographical Account and Women as Teachers/Researcher: Gaining a Sense of Ourselves are referenced.
Part 7: Teaching in the Patriarchal Wilderness: The Scholarship of Jo Anne Pagano
Like Miller, Pagano discusses the concept of "other" particularly how women often "encounter themselves as Other". It is through community (attachments and conversations) that feminists begin to see themselves as "subjects and agents, rather than as Other" (page 386)
Discussion Question:
Review the website Learner Characteristics and Instructional Design, specifically "On the Net" and "At a Distance". How do these points relate to your experience studying at a distance? Do you feel that these statistics represent your experience at the University of Calgary?