Abstract
Feminist consciousness-raising (FCR) groups in the classroom are a way to facilitate conversation, enliven course content and activate a feminist practice to support student learning. Different from small group activities structured by an instructor’s prompt, FCR groups are a practice and pedagogy that help students identify “what really matters” (hooks, Teaching Critical Thinking). For example, rather than a teacher’s instruction (“please find three main points in the text to share with the full class”), students create their own prompts and facilitate their own conversations. Student agency is activated as they build conversations with one another and develop meaningful interpersonal skills of listening, sharing and decision-making about how and when to proceed from step to step. Further, feminist consciousness-raising invites connections between course content, cultural-social-political events and personal experiences.
Recommended Citation
Quaid, Andrea
(2026)
"Feminist Consciousness-Raising Groups in the Classroom,"
Feminist Pedagogy: Vol. 7:
Iss.
1, Article 12.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/feministpedagogy/vol7/iss1/12