There are five fundamental principles underlying the feminist pedagogical model (Laverick, 2008, p. 9 – 10):

1. [In a feminist classroom] discussion is a collective, collaborative, and ongoing process that pays special attention to women’s experiences, feelings, ideas, and actions
2. It [feminist pedagogy] seeks to understand and challenge oppressive power relations
3. It supports and generates women’s political agency by addressing women’s “personal” concerns and taking them seriously
4. It questions the meaning for differently situated women of oppression and liberation
5. It proceeds nonjudgmentally but cultivates the political judgment needed to act in response to gender and interwoven forms of justice