The authority associated with instructor-student relationships is the most immediate force present from the first day of class. Though the presentation of that authority varies depending on personal teaching style, there’s nevertheless a conscious representational difference that invisibly guides classroom etiquette. There are exceptions, of course, but for the most part students sit down on […]
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“Feminist Pedagogy” by Susan C. Jarratt
Citation: Jarratt, Susan. “Feminist Pedagogy.” A Guide to Composition Pedagogies (2014): 113-127. Web. Summary: In her essay, “Feminist Pedagogy,” Susan C. Jarratt details the necessity of feminist pedagogy and how the idea of “inclusion” can cause anxiety. For example, does feminist pedagogy just benefit female students? Or, does a teacher have to be female in […]
Differences in the Classroom
I haven’t yet decided if it is better to be more similar to my students, or to extend our differences to better manipulate the proceedings of the classroom. There are several instances of difference that exist between my students and myself. I have a bachelor’s degree, I am a graduate student, I have a background […]
The Performance of Difference
Classroom 107 in the Humanities Building on Western Washington University’s campus is structurally composed to posit myself as someone different from my students. Room 107 is a cookie cutter copy of many other classrooms not only on WWU’s campus, but at universities and classrooms worldwide. It is binary. In through the door—if you have authority […]
Few Expectations
I became close with many faculty members at Montana State University, where I did my undergrad, and many of them would tell me some of what I could expect from teaching or going to graduate school after I’d officially been accepted to Western. In the months leading up to actually starting the quarter, my mentors […]