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Reflections on being female in school science: Toward a praxis of teaching science

✍ Scribed by Karen Meyer

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 33 KB
Volume: 35
Category: Article
ISSN: 0022-4308
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2736(199804)35:4<463::aid-tea16>3.0.co;2-a

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✦ Synopsis

This essay interrogates the phenomenon and the implications of being female in school science through girls' and young women's stories interwoven with my own narrative as a woman teacher/researcher in science education. The intent is to raise awareness of issues related to being female in conventional science teaching, and to suggest some alternative perspectives and approaches for action and reflection. I discuss several directions within my teaching which announce my own interpretation of bell hook's "engaged pedagogy," which emphasizes a commitment to self-actualization and well-being for both teacher and student. My choice to integrate disparate writing styles (conversational and scholarly) was a deliberate effort to resonate issues between practice and theory and interrupt this separation.

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