Mother-scholar : (re)imagining K-12 education / / Yvette V. Lapayese.

• Superior document: Transgressions : cultural studies and education ; v. 85
• Author: Lapayese, Yvette V.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed. 2012.
• Language: English
• Series: Transgressions (Rotterdam, Netherlands) ; v. 85.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (73 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Mother-Scholar presents another way of knowing. The book illuminates the narratives of prominent mother-scholars in the discipline of education who are determined to (re)imagine a different educational space not only for their own children, but for all children. Today’s schools are male-centered institutions in which standardized testing, rational mind, and emotionless space prevent children from realizing their full potential as creative, intelligent and soulful beings. Mother-scholars in the discipline of education assert that when motherhood and intellect confront and inform each other, a new thinking emerges to capture the possibility of humanizing education beyond the private relationships between mothers and children.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Mother-Scholar -- Androcentrism in Schools -- Mother-Scholars Intellectualize the Private Sphere -- Mother-Scholars Maternalize the “Public” Sphere -- Mother-Scholars Navigate the “Third Space” -- Mother-Scholars (Re)imagine Schools -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- References.