Acting Out! - Combating Homophobia Through Teacher Activism

Informationen zum Autor Mollie V. Blackburn and Caroline T. Clark are Associate Professors in the School of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University. Blackburn won the 2019 NCTE LGBTQ+ Advocacy & Leadership Award. Lauren M. Kenney teaches 9th- and 10th-grade English at the Arts and College Preparatory Academy. Jill M. Smith is a teacher and GSA advisor at Westerville Central High School. Klappentext In this volume, teachers from urban, suburban, and rural districts join 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 LGBTQ-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.

Product details

• Authors: Moliie V./ Clark Blackburn, Mollie V. Blackburn
• Assisted by: Moliie V Blackburn (Editor), Moliie V. Blackburn (Editor), Mollie V Blackburn (Editor), Mollie V. Blackburn (Editor), Caroline T Clark (Editor), Caroline T. Clark (Editor), Marilyn Cochran-Smith (Editor), Lauren M Kenney (Editor), Lauren M. Kenney (Editor), Susan L Lytle (Editor), Jill M Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2009
• EAN: 9780807750315
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-5031-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Practitioner Inquiry (Paperbac; Practitioner Inquiry (Paperbac; Practitioner Inquiry
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries