Neglected Realities: Exploring the Impact of Women's Experiences of Violence on Learning in Sites of Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Wagner, Anne; Magnusson, Jamie Lynn
Titel	Neglected Realities: Exploring the Impact of Women's Experiences of Violence on Learning in Sites of Higher Education
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 17 (2005) 4, S.449-461 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
Schlagwörter	Pathology; Females; Violence; Social Work; Student Attitudes; Higher Education; Coping; Undergraduate Students; Student Journals; Academic Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pathologie; Weibliches Geschlecht; Gewalt; Soziale Arbeit; Schülerverhalten; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bewältigung; Studentenzeitung; Schulleistung
Abstract	Feminist pedagogy offers an exciting alternative to more conservative, traditional academic approaches, as it offers a site where women's lives and experiences are accorded a place of importance and are considered worthy of theorizing. Within the last decade, feminism has been increasingly challenged to broaden its perspective and include the standpoints of those who are not part of the dominant group, whose voices have been traditionally silenced within academia. Issues of race, class, sexuality and ability have subsequently become a core focus of most women's studies classrooms. Yet despite its transformative goals and sometimes radical pedagogical practices, these spaces often remain complicit in not fully acknowledging the impact of trauma on women's lives. Drawing on the journal entries of first year social work students, this inquiry explores the impact of trauma on three women, struggling to negotiate the demands of academia, while simultaneously coping with memories of past abuse. It is argued that violence against women is a collective responsibility, rather than an individual pathology, as it has been conceptualized in the past. The findings highlight the need to address women's experiences of violence as a legitimate barrier to learning. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10