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Queering Classrooms
Teacher Education programs have largely ignored the needs of LGBTIQ learners in their preparation of pre service teachers. At best in most of such programs, their needs are addressed in a single chapter in a book or as the topic of discussion in a single class discussion. However, is this minimal discussion enough? What kind of impact does this approach have on future teachers and their future learners?
This book engages the reader in a dialogue about why teacher education must address LGBTIQ issues more openly and why teacher education programs should revise their curriculum to more fully integrate the needs of LGBTIQ learners throughout their curriculum, rather than treat such issues as a single, isolated topic in an insignificant manner. Through personal narratives, research, and conceptual chapters, this volume also examines the different ways in which queer youth are present or invisible in schools, the struggles they face, and how teachers can be better prepared to reach them as they should any student, and to make them more visible. The authors of this volume provide insight into the needs of future teachers with the aim of bringing about change in how teacher education programs address LGBTIQ needs to better equip those entering the field of teaching.
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This book engages the reader in a dialogue about why teacher education must address LGBTIQ issues more openly and why teacher education programs should revise their curriculum to more fully integrate the needs of LGBTIQ learners throughout their curriculum, rather than treat such issues as a single, isolated topic in an insignificant manner. Through personal narratives, research, and conceptual chapters, this volume also examines the different ways in which queer youth are present or invisible in schools, the struggles they face, and how teachers can be better prepared to reach them as they should any student, and to make them more visible. The authors of this volume provide insight into the needs of future teachers with the aim of bringing about change in how teacher education programs address LGBTIQ needs to better equip those entering the field of teaching.
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240 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 1, 2016
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November 11, 2020
This book is one of the very few that I keep on my highest shelf (figuratively speaking!). It proved invaluable to my dissertation research and several papers I wrote during my PhD program. It is both thoughtful and easily-accessible for college students and instructors at postsecondary sites with regard to LGBTQ+ issues in educational sites (at various levels).
Essays contained within are written primarily by college instructors who have distinguished themselves as leading researchers in LGBTQ+/education studies, i.e. Michelle Knaier, Paul Chamness Miller, and Corinne Wickens. There are three sections, the first looking at where we've been and how much progress in LGBTQ+/education has been achieved; the second looking notes on teacher preparation and practice, the third looking at the uses of literature to highlight issues for LGBTQ+ youth, and fourth, ways of establishing and maintaining positive school climates/environments.
Topics include using LGBTQ+ children's and YA lit in preservice teacher education (my personal favorite), the benefits of GSAs and being a GSA sponsor, and deconstructing teacher assumptions about LGBTQ+ students, among many others.
Each piece is incredibly well-written, yet easy-to-follow. It is an excellent source for aspiring, novice, and veteran educators with regard to practice; for researchers in the planning stages or writing of a paper; and for college instructors looking to diversify their training of teachers.
Happy reading!!
Essays contained within are written primarily by college instructors who have distinguished themselves as leading researchers in LGBTQ+/education studies, i.e. Michelle Knaier, Paul Chamness Miller, and Corinne Wickens. There are three sections, the first looking at where we've been and how much progress in LGBTQ+/education has been achieved; the second looking notes on teacher preparation and practice, the third looking at the uses of literature to highlight issues for LGBTQ+ youth, and fourth, ways of establishing and maintaining positive school climates/environments.
Topics include using LGBTQ+ children's and YA lit in preservice teacher education (my personal favorite), the benefits of GSAs and being a GSA sponsor, and deconstructing teacher assumptions about LGBTQ+ students, among many others.
Each piece is incredibly well-written, yet easy-to-follow. It is an excellent source for aspiring, novice, and veteran educators with regard to practice; for researchers in the planning stages or writing of a paper; and for college instructors looking to diversify their training of teachers.
Happy reading!!
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