FEMINIST PEDAGOGY EFFECTS AND EXPERIENCES IN GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES: THE CASE OF MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

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2024-12

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Karakurt, Dilşad

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The aim of this study is to understand how much feminist pedagogy is experienced and practiced in Gender and Women's Studies. In order to understand the experiences and practices of feminist pedagogy, I conducted in-depth interviews with 8 students and 5 instructors in the Gender and Women’s Studies at Middle East Technical University. In the thesis, the feminist pedagogy practices and experiences of students and instructors are analyzed through the principles of power, empowerment, community building, sharing experiences and emotions, and expressing voice in the classroom within the framework of feminist pedagogy literature. In this study, it is revealed that there exist similarities and differences between instructors' and students' perceptions of feminist pedagogy in terms of implementations and experiences within the classroom. Additionally, significant practices on how feminist pedagogy is applied and with which strategies were identified. Finally, the structural, cultural, and social limitations faced by instructors and students in implementing feminist pedagogy were discussed.

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feminist pedagogy, Gender and Women’s Studies, empowerment, power relations

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/112677

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis