(Un)normalizing education : addressing homophobia in higher education and K-12 schools / by Joseph R. Jones (Mercer University, Macon, Georgia).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Joseph R., 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homophobia in high schools--Prevention.

Homophobia in high schools.

Homophobia in higher education--Prevention.

Homophobia in higher education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (81 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Unnormalizing education

Normalizing education

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing Inc., 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recently, with the number of students from higher education and K-12 settings committing suicide, it is apparent that homophobia and homophobic bullying are tremendous problems in our schools and universities. However, educators are unclear about an appropriate process for addressing these challenges. In this book, Jones postulates that we must begin exploring the culture of educational environments as they relate to sexual difference, in order to begin conceptualizing ways in which we may begin to address homophobia and heteronormativity. To that end, this book addresses how educators (at all levels) must begin examining how their concepts about different sexual identities are "normalized" through socializing processes and schooling. In doing so, this book examines how individuals construct meanings about homophobia and hate language through "contextual oppositions, " how educational environments maintain a ''false tolerance" when claiming to be tolerant of different sexual identities, how a hierarchy of hate language exists in educational environments, among other issues related to creating safe places for all students. In essence, the book attempts to "un"normalize society's constructions of sexual identity by deconstructing the social norms.

Contents:

Preface: Understanding unnormalizing

Chapter 1. (un)derstanding the problem

Chapter 2. (un)masking our true tolerance

Chapter 3. (un)raveling masculinities and perceptions

Chapter 4. (un)doing the hierarchy of hate language

Chapter 5. (un)contextualizing language and behaviors

Chapter 6. (un)derstanding the role of multicultural education in addressing homophobia in schools

Chapter 7. (un)doing unsupportive schools

Chapter 8. (un)dertaking a personal journey.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-62396-708-2

OCLC:

887802475