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Scholarship March 29, 2017

“Pedagogy of the Distressed”

The Wabash Center

Author
Tompkins, Jane
Publisher
College English 52, no. 6 (1990): 653-660
Identifies a teaching method which calls upon students to prepare and present lessons for most of the semester. Notes that the technique allows the instructor to derive more enjoyment from teaching and spend less time preparing lessons. Describes application of the method in a "Feminist Theory in the Humanities" course.