Gender identity, equity, and violence : multidisciplinary perspectives through service learning / edited by Geraldine B. Stahly ; foreword by Robert A. Corrigan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stahly, Geraldine B., 1944- editor.

Corrigan, Robert A., writer of foreword.

Series:

Service learning for civic engagement series.

Service Learning for Civic Engagement Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Social conditions--21st century.

Women.

Women--Education.

Service learning.

Social justice--Study and teaching.

Social justice.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Virginia : Stylus, 2007.

Summary:

The authors of the thirteen chapters in this volume bring excitement and innovations to teaching about gender from a wide range of theoretical and discipline perspectives.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOREWORD

ABOUT THIS SERIES

ACTIVITY/METHODOLOGY TABLE

CONTRIBUTORS

INTRODUCTION

SECTION ONE: GENDER AND IDENTITY

1. GENDER, IDENTITY, THEORY, AND ACTION

2. FINAL PROJECT RUNWAY In the I's of Asian American Women

3. THE GENDERED MEANING OF DRESS

SECTION TWO: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER IN AN EDUCATIONAL SETTING

4. EXAMINING GENDER AND CLASSROOM TEACHING PRACTICES

5. FEMINISM, PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY, AND SERVICE LEARNING Issues of Gender in the Primary School Classroom

SECTION THREE: FEMINIST PEDAGOGY AND SERVICE LEARNING

6. WOMEN AS SOCIAL WARRIORS A Framework for Community Service Learning Combining Amazonian Feminist Thinking and Social Justice Education Theories

7. THE YOUNG WOMEN'S STUDIES CLUB Placing Gender and Multicultural Competence at the Center

8. LEARNING ABOUT PREJUDICE, OPPRESSION, AND HATE Reversing the Silence

SECTION FOUR: WOMEN AND VIOLENCE

9. USING AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE TO UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS SEXUAL ASSAULT ON CAMPUS

10. FROM "NO MEANS NO" TO COMMUNITY CHANGE The Impact of University-Based Service Learning Related to Intimate Violence Prevention

11. SERVICE LEARNING IN A PSYCHOLOGY COURSE Women and Violence

SECTION FIVE: SERVICE LEARNING AND RESEARCH

12. EMPOWERING OLDER WOMEN THROUGH SERVICE-LEARNING RESEARCH

13. DNA AS A TOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Service Learning and Paternity Testing in Tanzania, Africa

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781620360323

1620360322

OCLC:

945135921