Toward a feminist pedagogy in economics

Feminist economists have used feminist thought to analyze and revise the di scipline of economics. This paper extends these analyses to the teaching of economics in college and suggests that feminist teaching methods might ser ve economists well in transforming the economics classroom to one that is m ore hospitable to wider audiences. The approach explored proceeds from the intersections of two avenues for incorporating more inclusive teaching meth ods. In the McIntosh tradition, stages for making course contents more incl usive are presented along with a discussion of how to develop inclusive cla ssroom learning environments. The interaction of contents and methods and t he implications of feminist thought for the teaching of economics are explo red.