Jesuit and Feminist Education: Intersections in Teaching and Learning for the Twenty-first Century
Jocelyn M. Boryczka, Elizabeth A. Petrino, Jeffrey P. von Arx, and Charles L. Currie
Abstract
This book explores how the principles and practices of Ignatian pedagogy overlap and intersect with contemporary feminist theory in order to gain deeper insight into the complexities of today's multicultural educational contexts. Drawing on a method of inquiry that locates individual and collective standpoints in relation to social, political, and economic structures, it highlights points of convergence and divergence between Ignatian and feminist pedagogies to explore how educators might find strikingly similar methods that advocate common goals—including engaging with issues such as race, ge ... More
This book explores how the principles and practices of Ignatian pedagogy overlap and intersect with contemporary feminist theory in order to gain deeper insight into the complexities of today's multicultural educational contexts. Drawing on a method of inquiry that locates individual and collective standpoints in relation to social, political, and economic structures, it highlights points of convergence and divergence between Ignatian and feminist pedagogies to explore how educators might find strikingly similar methods that advocate common goals—including engaging with issues such as race, gender, diversity, and social justice.
Keywords:
Ignatian pedagogy,
feminist theory,
educators,
race,
gender,
diversity,
social justice,
social structures,
political structures,
economic structures
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2012 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780823233311 |
| Published to Fordham Scholarship Online: May 2012 |
DOI:10.5422/fordham/9780823233311.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Jocelyn M. Boryczka, editor
Department of Peace and Justice Studies, Fairfield University
Elizabeth A. Petrino, editor
Department of English, Fairfield University
Jeffrey P. von Arx, author
Charles L. Currie, author
President, AJCU
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