Women’s Ways of Knowing Quiz Presented by Tamara Genarro, Kathy Nealon, Reema Alsweel, Shannon Paschall, and Debbie Bergeron.

Women’s Ways of Women’s Ways of Knowing QuizKnowing Quiz

Presented by Tamara Genarro, Presented by Tamara Genarro, Kathy Nealon, Reema Alsweel, Kathy Nealon, Reema Alsweel, Shannon Paschall, and Debbie Shannon Paschall, and Debbie

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SilenceSilence

Silence, in the Silence, in the WWK study, is WWK study, is thematically thematically defined as the defined as the opposite of opposite of knowledge.knowledge.

SilenceSilence

In retrospect, In retrospect, Goldberger Goldberger determines WWK determines WWK Silence to be a lack Silence to be a lack of choice about of choice about whether to speak or whether to speak or not to speak versus not to speak versus a strategic or a strategic or chosen silence.chosen silence.

Receptive KnowledgeReceptive Knowledge

It is important to It is important to empower others; it empower others; it is the act of giving is the act of giving rather than rather than receiving that leads receiving that leads to a greater sense to a greater sense of their true of their true capacity for capacity for knowing and loving.knowing and loving.

Receptive KnowledgeReceptive Knowledge

In defining the self, In defining the self, receptive knowers receptive knowers critique their critique their tendency to tendency to subordinate their subordinate their own perceptions own perceptions and judgments to and judgments to those of others.those of others.

Subjective KnowledgeSubjective Knowledge

Women in the Women in the subjective subjective knowledge stage knowledge stage often feel off often feel off balance due to the balance due to the fact that their fact that their concept of self is concept of self is constantly changing.constantly changing.

Subjective KnowledgeSubjective Knowledge

The predominant The predominant learning mode for learning mode for subjective knowers subjective knowers is one of listening is one of listening and watching and watching authorities for authorities for guidance.guidance.

Procedural KnowledgeProcedural Knowledge

Procedural Procedural knowledge is less knowledge is less objective than objective than subjective subjective knowledge.knowledge.

Procedural KnowledgeProcedural Knowledge

Procedural Procedural knowing relies knowing relies on “just on “just knowing”. The knowing”. The truth is easily truth is easily accessible.accessible.

Constructed KnowledgeConstructed Knowledge

Constructed Constructed knowledge is knowledge is attained through attained through the integration of the integration of receptive and receptive and procedural procedural knowledge with knowledge with silence.silence.

Constructed KnowledgeConstructed Knowledge

Constructed Constructed knowers integrate knowers integrate knowledge from knowledge from external authorities external authorities with what they feel with what they feel to create their own to create their own construction of self construction of self and voice. and voice.

General QuestionGeneral Question

Women have Women have been portrayed been portrayed as inferior to as inferior to men along men along cognitive and cognitive and social social dimensions.dimensions.

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Historically, within Historically, within the women’s the women’s movement, there movement, there has not been a has not been a divide along racial divide along racial lines.lines.

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Within WWK, the Within WWK, the voices of voices of economically economically disadvantaged disadvantaged women and women and women of color women of color are unheard, for are unheard, for the most part.the most part.

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Research has Research has demonstrated demonstrated that the five that the five perspectives of perspectives of Women’s Ways of Women’s Ways of Knowing does not Knowing does not apply to men.apply to men.

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