Reflections from the trenches: Our development as feminist teachers

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 529-548

  Sharp, Elizabeth A ^a   Bermudez, J Maria ^a   Watson, Wendy ^b   Fitzpatrick, Jacki ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Feminist pedagogy; Gender relations course; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847726318     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X06297473     Document Type: Article

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