Acting Out!

by Blackburn, Mollie V.; Clark, Caroline T.; Kenney, Lauren M.; Smith, Jill M.

• ISBN13: 9780807750322
• ISBN10: 0807750328
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

In this volume, teacher 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, i

Author Biography

Mollie V. Blackburn and Caroline T. Clark are Associate Professors in the School of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University. Lauren M. Kennedy teaches 9th-and 10th-grade at the Arts and College Preparatory Academy. Jill M. Smith is a teacher and GSA advisor at Westerville Central High School.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Teacher/Activists Who Became Pink Tigers: An Introduction	p. 1
Learning About Heterosexism as a Teacher Educator: The Resistant Student as Catalyst for Change	p. 17
Inquiring into Ally Work in Teacher Education: The Possibilities and Limitations of Textual Practice	p. 37
Being Out and Reading Queer-Inclusive Texts in a High School English Classroom	p. 56
Risk and Threat in Critical Inquiry: Vacancies, Violations, and Vacuums	p. 74
Activist Work as Entry-Year Teachers: What We've Learned	p. 88
Facilitating Visibility of LGBTQ Issues in Public Schools: Teacher Resistance and Teachable Moments	p. 103
Overcoming an Identity of Privilege to Support LGBTQ Inclusivity in School	p. 114
Choosing to Stay "In" and the Significance of Race for Lesbian Teachers in Urban Classrooms	p. 127
Learning to B/Se(e) an Activist Community: The Importance of Differences in Working for Change	p. 143
Acting Out! So What?	p. 160
Annotated Bibliography	p. 169
About the Contributors	p. 183
Index	p. 186
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