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Gender Mainstreaming in Political Science Experiential Learning Programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2013

Leanne Doherty
Leanne Doherty*
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Simmons College
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In her piece on experiential learning in a Gender and Politics course, Cynthia Daniels (1997) discusses the ways students' democratic ideals are expanded and enforced through work outside the classroom. She describes the intersection of the classroom with service-learning activities as a way to tackle questions such as, how does gender equity require us to rethink the distinction between public and private life, and what might be the risks of using state power to regulate private relations of power in the home and the workplace (120)? Accomplishing gender mainstreaming through experiential learning serves the purpose of reemphasizing different group perspectives in all types of student learning while demonstrating the “uniqueness” of the effects of policy on women.

Type
Critical Perspectives on Gender and Politics
Information
Politics & Gender , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 2013 , pp. 223 - 227
Copyright
Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2013 

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