Acting out! : combating homophobia through teacher activism / edited by Mollie V. Blackburn ... [and others] ; foreword by JoBeth Allen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blackburn, Mollie V., 1969-

Series:

Practitioner inquiry series

The practitioner inquiry series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homophobia in schools--Prevention.

Homophobia in schools.

Homophobia in high schools--Prevention.

Homophobia in high schools.

Sexism in education--Prevention.

Sexism in education.

Sexual minority students--Violence against.

Sexual minority students.

LGBTQ+ people.

Anti-LGBTQ+ violence.

Physical Description:

xiii, 194 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2010]

Summary:

In this volume, teachers from urban, suburban and rural districts joins together in a teacher-inquiry group to challenge homophobia and heterosexism in schools and classrooms. To create safe learning environments for all students, they address key topics-including seizing teachable moments, organizing faculty, deciding whether to come out in the classroom, using LGBTO-inclusive texts, running a Gay-Straight Alliance, changing district policy to protect LGBTQ teachers and students dealing with resistant students, and preparing preservice teachers to do antihomophobia work.

Book Features:

Examples of antihomophobia teaching across elementary, secondary, and university contexts, and discussions of the consequences of this work.

Concrete discussions of how to start a teacher-inquiry group, and the challenges and rewards of engaging in teacher activism.

A Comprehensive annotated bibliography of texts that address homophobia and heterosexism.

Contents:

Foreword / JoBeth Allen

Acknowledgments

Teacher/activists who became Pink TIGers : an introduction / Mollie V. Blackburn ... [et al.]

Learning about heterosexism as a teacher educator : the resistant student as catalyst for change / Jeane F. Copenhaver-Johnson

Inquiring into ally work in teacher education : the possibilities and limitations of textual practice / Caroline T. Clark

Being out and reading queer-inclusive texts in a high school English classroom / Lauren M. Kenney

Risk and threat in critical inquiry : vacancies, violations, and vacuums / Jason Gonzales

Activist work as entry-year teachers : what we've learned / Ryan Schey and Ariel Uppstrom

Facilitating visibility of LGBTQ issues in public schools : teacher resistance and teachable moments / Mindy Hall

Overcoming an identity of privilege to support LGBTQ inclusivity in school / Jill M. Smith

Choosing to stay "in" and the significance of race for lesbian teachers in urban classrooms / Anette Melvin

Learning to b/se(e) an activist community : the importance of differences in working for change / Mollie V. Blackburn

Acting out! so what? / Caroline T. Clark ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-181) and index.

ISBN:

9780807750315

080775031X

9780807750322

0807750328

OCLC:

432988950