Women's Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind

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Pub. Date: 1997-01-09
Publisher(s): Basic Books
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Summary

Despite the progress of the women's movement, many women still feel silenced in their families and schools. This moving and insightful bestseller, based on in-depth interviews with 135 women, explains why they feel this way. Updated with a new preface exploring how the authors' collaboration and research developed, this tenth anniversary edition addresses many of the questions that the authors have been asked repeatedly in the years sinceWomen's Ways of Knowingwas originally published.

Author Biography

Mary Field Belenky is a consultant on human development and an associate research professor at the University of Vermont. she lives in Marshfield, Vermont and New York City.Blythe McVicker Clinchy is a professor of psychology at Wellesley College and lives in Boston, Massachusetts and Marshfield, Vermont.Nancy Rule Goldberger is a member of the psychology faculty of The Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, California, and lives in Housatonic, Massachusetts and New York City.Jill Mattuck Tarule is a professor and the dean of the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont and lives in Essex, Vermont. Mary Field Belenky is a consultant on human development and an associate research professor at the University of Vermont. she lives in Marshfield, Vermont and New York City.Blythe McVicker Clinchy is a professor of psychology at Wellesley College and lives in Boston, Massachusetts and Marshfield, Vermont.Nancy Rule Goldberger is a member of the psychology faculty of The Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, California, and lives in Housatonic, Massachusetts and New York City.Jill Mattuck Tarule is a professor and the dean of the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont and lives in Essex, Vermont. Mary Field Belenky is a consultant on human development and an associate research professor at the University of Vermont. she lives in Marshfield, Vermont and New York City.Blythe McVicker Clinchy is a professor of psychology at Wellesley College and lives in Boston, Massachusetts and Marshfield, Vermont.Nancy Rule Goldberger is a member of the psychology faculty of The Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, California, and lives in Housatonic, Massachusetts and New York City.Jill Mattuck Tarule is a professor and the dean of the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont and lives in Essex, Vermont. Mary Field Belenky is a consultant on human development and an associate research professor at the University of Vermont. she lives in Marshfield, Vermont and New York City.Blythe McVicker Clinchy is a professor of psychology at Wellesley College and lives in Boston, Massachusetts and Marshfield, Vermont.Nancy Rule Goldberger is a member of the psychology faculty of The Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, California, and lives in Housatonic, Massachusetts and New York City.Jill Mattuck Tarule is a professor and the dean of the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont and lives in Essex, Vermont.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Edition: Telling Talesp. ix
Preface to the First Editionp. xxv
Acknowledgmentsp. xxvii
Introduction To the Other Side of Silencep. 3
The Ways of Knowingp. 21
Silencep. 23
Received Knowledge: Listening to the Voices of Othersp. 35
Subjective Knowledge: The Inner Voicep. 52
Subjective Knowledge: The Quest for Selfp. 76
Procedural Knowledge: The Voice of Reasonp. 87
Procedural Knowledge: Separate and Connected Knowingp. 100
Constructed Knowledge: Integrating the Voicesp. 131
Development in Context: Families and Schoolsp. 153
Family Life and The Politics of Talkp. 155
Toward an Education for Womenp. 190
Connected Teachingp. 214
Interview Schedulep. 231
Educational Dialecticsp. 237
Referencesp. 239
Indexp. 249
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