Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 2018
Publication Title
Feminist Formations
Abstract
This essay offers strategies for balancing teaching about injustices with strategies to empower students by looking to the past, the present, and the future. Learning about past organizing for social justice using primary archival documents offers lessons in perspective, strategy, and inspiration. Learning about present activists and organizations teaches students cutting-edge strategies for social change and opens up possibilities for their future activism. Finally, teaching students the importance of envisioning a better future, especially through the creative arts, can help them clarify their values and develop affirmative, constructive goals. This essay describes specific activities and exercises for doing each of these things to enhance teaching to empower.
Keywords
activism, archives, feminist pedagogy, social justice, teaching strategies
Volume
30
Issue
3
First Page
4
Last Page
15
ISSN
2151-7371
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Rights
Licensed to Smith College and distributed CC-BY under the Smith College Faculty Open Access Policy
Recommended Citation
Baker, Carrie N., "Teaching to Empower" (2018). Study of Women and Gender: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/swg_facpubs/13
Comments
Peer reviewed accepted manuscript.
Link to Published Paper:
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/705520