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Women's Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice and Mind

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Belenky, Mary, Blythe Clinchy, Nancy Goldberger, and Jill Tarule
1986
Basic Books, New York, NY
HQ1206.W88 1986
Topics: Cognitive Development   |   Teaching Diverse Students

Additional Info:
Despite the progress of the women's movement, many women still feel silenced in their families and schools. Based on in-depth interviews with 135 women, this moving and important book explains why. (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
Acknowledgments
Introduction:: To the Other Side of Silence
Part I The Ways of Knowing
ch. 1 Silence
ch. 2 Received Knowledge: Listening to the Voices of Others
ch. 3 Subjective Knowledge: The Inner Voice
ch. 4 Subjective Knowledge: The Quest for Self
ch. 5 Procedural Knowledge: The Voice of Reason
ch. 6 Procedural Knowledge: Separate and Connected Knowing
ch. 7 Constructed Knowledge: Integrating the Voices
Part II: Development in Context: Families and Schools
ch. 8 Family Life and The Politics of Talk
ch. 9 Toward an Education for Women
ch. 10 Connected Teaching
Appendix A: Interview Schedule
Appendix B: Educational Dialectics
References
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