Incorporating feminism into the graduate curriculum.
Feminist theory and methods are vital catalysts to teaching/learning in graduate education. This article describes how feminism was integrated into a graduate course, specifically regarding nursing activism and health policy. Major themes include a learning model emphasizing the student's individual strands of life experience, reconstruction of nursing history, and small-group process. Class assignments, student responses, and the implications of feminist perspectives for advanced professional practice are discussed.
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Department of Family & Community, College of Nursing, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.
D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D005190:Family; D006126:Group Processes; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008119:Lobbying; D016294:Models, Nursing; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012935:Social Justice; D014933:Women's Rights; D014956:Writing