Getting Ready for Benjamin

Preparing Teachers for Sexual Diversity in the Classroom
Herausgeber: Kissen, Rita M.

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Produktbeschreibung

Writing from a variety of perspectives, the contributors to this anthology share strategies for incorporating sexual diversity into multicultural teacher education. The 19 essays, written by teachers and teacher educators, include personal accounts, theoretical analyses, and hands-on approaches that will prepare future teachers to confront homophobia and help them welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, along with children of gay families, into their schools and classrooms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9780742516779
• ISBN-10: 0742516776
• Artikelnr.: 22482791

Autorenporträt

Rita M. Kissen is associate professor of teacher education and women's studies at the University of Southern Maine. She is the author of The Last Closet: The Real Lives of Lesbian and Gay Teachers.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Surveying the Landscape
Chapter 2 The Challenges of Gay Topics in Teacher Education: Politics,
Content, and Pedagogy
Chapter 3 "But No One in the Class is Gay": Countering Invisibility and
Creating Allies in Teacher Education Programs
Chapter 4 What do we do in Physical Education
Chapter 5 "Pedophiles and Deviants": Exploring Issues of Sexuality,
Masculinity and Normalization in the Lives of Male Teacher Candidates
Chapter 6 Homophobia in the Schools: Student Teachers' Perceptions and
Preparation to Respond
Chapter 7 Education by Association: The Shortcomings of Discourses of
Privacy and Civility in Anti-Homophobia Education
Chapter 8 The Gay Ghetto in the Geography of Education Textbooks
Part 9 "Add LGBT And STIR": Multiculturalism and Sexual Diversity
Chapter 10 "Talking about Inclusion like it's for Everyone": Sexual
Diversity and the Inclusive Schooling Movement
Chapter 11 Re-visioning Multiculturalism in Teacher Education: Isn't it
Queer?
Chapter 12 Queer Developments in Teacher Education: Addressing Sexual
Diversity , Homophobia and Heterosexism
Chapter 13 Getting to the Heart of Teaching for Diversity
Part 14 Telling Our Stories
Chapter 15 How My Teacher Preparation Program Failed
Chapter 16 Visibility, Invisibility, and "The Thickness of Non-Diversity":
What I learned from Karen
Chapter 17 Heteronormativity and Common-sense in Science (teacher)
Education
Chapter 18 "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 Rural State University
Chapter 19 Teacher Educators and the Multicultural Closet: The Impact of
Gay and Lesbian Content on an Undergraduate Teacher Education Seminar
Chapter 20 Can of Worms: A Queer TA in Teacher Ed
Chapter 21 I'm Every Woman: Multiple Identities as Part of the Diversity
Curriculum
Chapter 22 Campus Dyke Meets Teacher Education: A Marriage Made In Social
Justice Heaven
Part 23 Afterword