Theoretical, Political, and Pedagogical Challenges in the Feminist Classroom: Our Struggles to Walk the Walk

College Teaching

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 131-140

  Crabtree, Robbin D ^a   Sapp, David Alan ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

educational environments; feminist classroom; pedagogy; sexism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745629518     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87567550309596428     Document Type: Article

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