| Author(s): | Weiler, K. |
| Date: | 1991 |
| Publication: | Harvard Educational Review |
| Citation: | Weiler, Kathleen. (1991). Freire and a Feminist Pedagogy of Difference. Harvard Educational Review. 1 December 1991; 61 (4): 449–475. doi: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.61.4.a102265jl68rju84. |
| Section on webpage: | Feminist Pedagogy – Online |
| Tenets: | Building equity, trust, mutual respect, and support. Presenting knowledge as constructed. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches. Examining the “why” in addition to the “what”. |
| Annotation: | Educator Kathleen Weiler deconstructs Western knowledge systems using a feminist lens. In this work she references Paulo Freire, a Brazilian educator and philosopher, who was a leading advocate of critical pedagogy. By using her feminist lens, she is able to add a bit more breadth to Freire’s pedagogy. Her critiques are broken down into three sections: questioning of authority, personal experience as a source of knowledge, and exploration of the perspectives of a wider range of demographics. |