“In order for student-centered learning to take place, teachers must facilitate dialogue. Unlike critical pedagogy, in which the teacher’s voice is authoritative, feminist teachers help students construct their voices and critique society and oppression” (Laverick, 2008, p. 8).

Cooperative Learning challenges the students and teachers to transform the student from a passive consumer of knowledge into an active participant in the creation of knowledge (Collard & DeFlavis, 2014, p. 1).

Think, Pair, Share

Problem-solving in small groups is a great way to get students to collaborate, brainstorm, and share ideas with one another (Collard & DeFlavis, 2014, p. 4).

“Overall, the strength of the … feminist classroom lies in its emphasis on the students’ communication and interaction with their classmates as well as the teacher” (Wang, Chao, & Liao, 2011, p. 136)

Demarginalizing the Marginalized

The end goal of this collaborative community is more than fostering a sense of teamwork between students who were left out of the traditional education system. The objective rather is to empower these students to be able to participate as equal members of society with those students who did follow a standard educational trajectory. In other words, this will help students “deconstruct the unbalanced (center-margin) structural relationship” that exists between them and those who went through the mainstream educational process (Wang, Chao, & Liao, 2011, p. 111).