Getting Ready for Benjamin: Preparing Teachers for Sexual Diversity in the ClassroomRita M. Kissen This book argues that issues of sexual diversity are inextricably interwoven into the basic concerns of pre-service teacher education. How do we make our students aware of assumptions regarding masculinity, femininity, and sexuality that arise from what is presented, represented, or omitted from curricula and classroom practice? What do we say about homophobia and heterosexism as we anticipate the administrative hierarchies, school cultures, parent and community politics they will encounter as teachers? What special challenges might face a teacher (straight or gay) who discusses sexual orientation in a high school classroom, or responds to a homophobic remark in the hallway or the cafeteria? How should we prepare a teacher for a parent conference with two moms or two dads? The essays in this volume range from an analysis of gay stereotypes in teacher education textbooks, to a discussion of queer multiculturalism, to personal accounts by lesbian and gay teacher educators and heterosexual allies who are challenging homophobia and heterosexism in their own classrooms and programs. All agree that education for sexual diversity is as important as education about all other forms of difference, and that future teachers need to know how to create safe spaces for lesbian and gay students, along with the children of gay families who are increasingly a part of the classroom landscape. |
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... coming together . The Lesbian and Gay Studies Special Interest Group of the American Ed- ucational Research Association has supported and encouraged everyone con- nected with this volume . Thank you all for laughing at my jokes ...
... coming together . The Lesbian and Gay Studies Special Interest Group of the American Ed- ucational Research Association has supported and encouraged everyone con- nected with this volume . Thank you all for laughing at my jokes ...
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... coming out ; there is no " nor- mal " way for them to present themselves in a heterosexist environment . LOOKING AHEAD In seeking to make lesbian and gay issues more visible in teacher education , the contributors to this volume find ...
... coming out ; there is no " nor- mal " way for them to present themselves in a heterosexist environment . LOOKING AHEAD In seeking to make lesbian and gay issues more visible in teacher education , the contributors to this volume find ...
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... Coming out of the classroom closet : Gay and lesbian students , teachers and curricula . New York : Haworth Press . Harvard Educational Review . 1996. 66 ( 2 ) . Special issue , " Lesbian , Gay , Bisexual and Transgender People and ...
... Coming out of the classroom closet : Gay and lesbian students , teachers and curricula . New York : Haworth Press . Harvard Educational Review . 1996. 66 ( 2 ) . Special issue , " Lesbian , Gay , Bisexual and Transgender People and ...
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... Coming out of the classroom closet : Gay and lesbian students , teachers , and curricula , edited by K. M. Harbeck , 29-79 . Bing- hamton , N.Y .: Harrington Park Press . Sedgwick , E. K. 1990. The epistemology of the closet . Berkeley ...
... Coming out of the classroom closet : Gay and lesbian students , teachers , and curricula , edited by K. M. Harbeck , 29-79 . Bing- hamton , N.Y .: Harrington Park Press . Sedgwick , E. K. 1990. The epistemology of the closet . Berkeley ...
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Contents
The Challenges of Gay Topics in Teacher Education Politics Content and Pedagogy | 13 |
But No One in the lass Is Gay Countering Invisibility and Creating Allies in Teacher Education Programs | 29 |
What Do We Do in Physical Education? | 43 |
Pedophiles and Deviants Exploring Issues of Sexuality Masculinity and Normalization in the Lives of Male Teacher Candidates | 59 |
Homophobia in the Schools Student Teachers Perceptions and Preparation to Respond | 71 |
Education by Association The Shortcomings of Discourses of Privacy and Civility in AntiHomophobia Education | 81 |
The Gay Ghetto in the Geography of Education Textbooks | 91 |
Add Lgbt and Stir Multiculturalism and Sexual Diversity | 103 |
How My Teacher Education Program Failed | 163 |
Visibility Invisibility and The Thickness of Nondiversity What I Learned from Karen | 169 |
Heteronormativity and Common Sense in Science Teacher Education | 177 |
I Was Afraid He Would Label Me Gay if I Stood up for Gays The Experience of Lesbian and Gay Elementary Education Credential Candidates at a ... | 191 |
Teacher Educators and the Multicultural Closet The Impact of Gay and Lesbian Content on an Undergraduate Teacher Education Seminar | 201 |
Can of Worms A Queer TA in Teacher Ed | 215 |
Im Every Woman Multiple Identities as Part of the Diversity Curriculum | 227 |
Campus Dyke Meets Teacher Education A Marriage Made in Social Justice Heaven | 235 |
Talking about Inclusion Like Its for Everyone Sexual Diversity and the Inclusive Schooling Movement | 105 |
Revisioning Multiculturalism in Teacher Education Isnt It Queer? | 119 |
Queer Developments in Teacher Education Addressing Sexual Diversity Homophobia and Heterosexism | 133 |
Getting to the Heart of Teaching for Diversity | 143 |
Telling Our Stories | 159 |
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Teacher Identity Discourses: Negotiating Personal and Professional Spaces Janet Alsup No preview available - 2006 |