Another Look At a Feminist Ethics of Teaching

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  • Donna Engelmann Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI., teaches and conducts research in the areas of political and social philosophy, ethics, feminist theory and pedagogy. She has consulted and presented workshops on teaching, assessment and institutional change with faculty and administrators in colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and Great Britain.

Abstract

By drawing on feminist epistemology, ethics and pedagogy this paper articulates some aspects of a care-based ethics of teaching. Understanding teaching as a species of caring, it explores some consequences for teaching practice of the attentiveness, responsiveness, and responsibility characteristic of caring professionals. Résumé En tirant de l’épistémologie féministe de l’éthique et de la pédagogie, cet article exprime clairement certains aspects de l’enseignement de l’éthique basée sur les soins. En comprenant que l’enseignement est une espèce de soin, il explore certaines des conséquences de la pratique de l’enseignement du soin apporté au travail, de la réceptivité et de la responsabilité caractéristique des profesionnels qui ont de la compassion.

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Untitled, 2008. Photographer: Dvon Worth: with the assistance of Narnia Worth and Ted Worth.

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Published

2009-01-01

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Vol. 33 No. 2 (2009): Educating Women / Women's Education

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Original Research

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