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Women's Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind 10th Anniversary Edition by Mary Field Belenky, Blythe Mcvicker Clinchy, Nancy Rule Goldberger, Jill Mattuck Tarule is a education title available to read on EtoBox.

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This Volume Offers New And Useful Understandings Of The Epistemology (methods And Basis) Of The Development Of Women's Knowledge. From Interviews With 135 Women (mostly Privileged College Students), The Authors Determine Five Learning Perspectives That Characterize Women's Way Of Knowing. The Authors Looked For Patterns In The Responses They Received, And Were Able To Draw Together A Concept Of How Women Deal With Knowledge. The Authors Identified Five Different Ways Of Knowing That Women Utilize. The First One Addressed Is Given The Name Of Silence. By Silence The Authors Do Not Mean An Absence Of Speech, But Rather A State Of Being Intellectually Voiceless. They Do Not See Themselves As Beings Capable Of Receiving Or Retaining Knowledge, And Are Therefore Subject To The Control Of Those Around Them.^ The Second Way Of Knowing Discussed Is Termed Received Knowledge. Received Knowers Believe Themselves Able To Learn From Others, And Even To Pass On What They Have Learned, But They Do Not See Themselves As Capable Of Independent, Original Thought. The Authors Identify Both Silent Women And Received Knowers As Dualists. They See Things In Terms Of Black And White, Right And Wrong, An

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Author
Mary Field Belenky, Blythe Mcvicker Clinchy, Nancy Rule Goldberger, Jill Mattuck Tarule
Publisher
Basic Civitas Books
Published
1997
Language
EN
ISBN
9780465092123
Category
education
Subjects
Sociology, Fiction, Philosophy
Rating
4.05 / 5 (528 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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