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dc.contributor.author Garutsa, Tendayi
dc.date.accessioned 2023-10-30T10:45:53Z
dc.date.available 2023-10-30T10:45:53Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.identifier.issn Print: 2521-0262
dc.identifier.issn Online: 2662-012X
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10386/4393
dc.description Journal article published in African Perspectives of Research in Teaching & Learning Journal (APORTAL) Vol 7 (2) (2023) en_US
dc.description.abstract Although institutions of higher learning in South Africa have made progress in policies and programming that curb the ideological hegemonic positions inflicted by the Apartheid education system, higher education is still grappling with gender inequalities and inequities in the classroom context. This article reflects on my journey and pedagogical experiences as a student and later a feminist lecturer. Feminist pedagogues are promising approaches for social transformation in institutions of higher learning. I focused on my experiences, exploring the tensions that have shaped my praxis. I employed an auto-ethnographic research approach through an autobiography research method to illustrate my experiences as I transitioned from being a student to a tutor and a feminist lecturer within institutions of higher learning in South Africa. Findings from this paper show that to disrupt normative classrooms, lecturers need to harness classroom strategies that can enhance inclusion, equity, social justice, and equality. These might include but are not limited to reflexive journaling, negotiating, and listening, dialogue, mutual vulnerability to challenge conventional power relations in institutions of higher learning. The article recommends that feminist pedagogy can work towards solving potentially unequal relations and discriminatory learning environments. This can be done by disrupting normative power hierarchies in the classroom by allowing both lecturers and learners to negotiate the process of ‘being listened to and ‘being heard in the teaching and learning environments and thus creating room for plural voices and more inclusive learning spaces. en_US
dc.format.extent 13 pages en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher African Perspectives of Research in Teaching & Learning (APORTAL) en_US
dc.relation.requires PDF en_US
dc.subject Feminist Pedagogy en_US
dc.subject Gender roles en_US
dc.subject Auto- Ethnography en_US
dc.subject Higher Education en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Feminist anthropology en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Inclusive education en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Education, Higher -- South Africa en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Feminism en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Teaching -- South Africa en_US
dc.title An autoethnography of the feminist pedagogical strategies used in teaching and learning to promote inclusive classrooms en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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