Socially Responsible Feminist EFL Classroom

A Japanese Perspective on Identities, Beliefs and Practices

AvReiko Yoshihara

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

This book explores the realities of feminist EFL teachers’ lives through interviews and classroom observations with eight EFL teachers at Japanese universities. The data contained in the book broaden our understanding of feminist teaching in the language classroom while also providing suggestions for practice. The book examines not only how the teachers’ feminist identities influence their pedagogical beliefs and practices but also how the teachers actually practice feminist teaching in their classrooms. The tensions, dilemmas and pleasures of feminist teaching converge in this book, which attempts to shed light on a question that is often asked in either ESL or EFL teaching contexts: is teaching about gender-related topics (including controversial sociopolitical topics) in the language classroom education or indoctrination?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-05-11
Mått:156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt:387 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Perspectives on Language and Education
Antal sidor:151
Förlag:Channel View Publications Ltd
ISBN:9781783098019

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Reiko Yoshihara is an Associate Professor at Nihon University, Japan. Her research interests include feminist pedagogy in TESOL, gender and language education, and feminist qualitative research.

Recensioner i media

Reiko Yoshihara has given us a theoretically rich case study of feminist pedagogy in Japan from the perspectives of several Japanese and non-Japanese university teachers of English. Both the theoretical discussions and detailed portrayals of individual teachers' beliefs and practices help dismantle stereotypes and reveal the diversity and tensions inherent in a feminist pedagogy. The issues and examples apply well beyond Japan.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements1. Introduction2. Method, Data Collection, and Participants3. On Becoming a Feminist EFL Teacher4. Teaching According to Feminist Principles5. Incompatibility Between Feminist Identity and Classroom Practices6. ConclusionEpilogueReferencesAppendixIndex