Socially Responsible Feminist EFL Classroom

Reiko Yoshihara is an Associate Professor at Nihon University, Japan. Her research interests include feminist pedagogy in TESOL, gender and language education, and feminist qualitative research.

• Acknowledgements1. Introduction2. Method, Data Collection, and Participants3. On Becoming a Feminist EFL Teacher4. Teaching According to Feminist Principles5. Incompatibility Between Feminist Identity and Classroom Practices6. ConclusionEpilogueReferencesAppendixIndex

Reiko Yoshihara has given us a theoretically rich case study of feminist pedagogy in Japan from the perspectives of several Japanese and non-Japanese university teachers of English. Both the theoretical discussions and detailed portrayals of individual teachers' beliefs and practices help dismantle stereotypes and reveal the diversity and tensions inherent in a feminist pedagogy. The issues and examples apply well beyond Japan.