Women’s Ways of Knowing
Class Session 10Fall 2009
The Five Stages of KnowingThe Five Stages of Knowing
What is meant by silence?What is meant by silence?
What is meant by received knowledge? What is meant by received knowledge?
What is meant by subjective knowledge?What is meant by subjective knowledge?
What is procedural knowledge?What is procedural knowledge?
Two forms of procedural knowledge Two forms of procedural knowledge
Connected Knowing Separate Knowing
What is meant by constructed What is meant by constructed knowing?knowing?
William Perry’s 1970 William Perry’s 1970 Study of Intellectual and Study of Intellectual and
Ethical Development of Ethical Development of Men Men
Perry asserted that male college students journey through 9 positions of ethical and intellectual development in 4 basic categories