Defining Feminist Pedagogy
Despite differences in definition, feminist pedagogies tend to share some common principles. The feminist classroom challenges students to
• gain an understanding of different social realities,
• identify with groups of people with whom they may have never connected,
• alter social realities with which they are dissatisfied,
• think about potential social problems in new and informed ways and to propose solutions to such problems.

Some characteristics of feminist pedagogy, which come from theories and traditions ranging from bell hooks to Paulo Friere, are:
• a student-centered or de-centered classroom,
• student ownership—on some level—of classroom projects and conversations,
• attention to a multiple learning styles and multiple intelligences,
• endorsement of collaborative learning and collaborative working styles,