Getting Ready for Benjamin Preparing Teachers for Sexual Diversity in the Classroom

by Kissen, Rita M.; Bedford, Tim; Berrill, Deborah P.; Brindley, Roger; Colleary, Kevin P.; Fifield, Steve; Gard, Michael; Glasgow, Karen; Hoffner-Brodsky, Michelle; Hoffner-Brodsky, Denise; King, James R.; Kluth, Paula; Letts, Will; Lipkin, Arthur, Ed.D; Li

• ISBN13: 9780742516762
• ISBN10: 0742516768
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-23
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(10)
Part I Surveying the Landscape	11	(92)
The Challenges of Gay Topics in Teacher Education: Politics, Content, and Pedagogy	13	(16)
Arthur Lipkin
``But No One in the Class Is Gay'': Countering Invisibility and Creating Allies in Teacher Education Programs	29	(14)
Diana Straut
Mara Sapon-Shevin
What Do We Do in Physical Education?	43	(16)
Michael Gard
``Pedophiles and Deviants'': Exploring Issues of Sexuality, Masculinity, and Normalization in the Lives of Male Teacher Candidates	59	(12)
Deborah P. Berrill
Wayne Martino
Homophobia in the Schools: Student Teachers' Perceptions and Preparation to Respond	71	(10)
Jane A. Page
Delores D. Liston
Education by Association: The Shortcomings of Discourses of Privacy and Civility in Anti-Homophobia Education	81	(10)
Cris Mayo
The Gay Ghetto in the Geography of Education Textbooks	91	(12)
Allison J. Young
Michael J. Middleton
Part II ``Add Lgbt and Stir'': Multiculturalism and Sexual Diversity	103	(56)
``Talking about Inclusion Like It's for Everyone'': Sexual Diversity and the Inclusive Schooling Movement	105	(14)
Paula Kluth
Kevin P. Colleary
Revisioning Multiculturalism in Teacher Education: Isn't It Queer?	119	(14)
Will Letts
Queer Developments in Teacher Education: Addressing Sexual Diversity, Homophobia, and Heterosexism	133	(10)
Tim Bedford
Getting to the Heart of Teaching for Diversity	143	(16)
Genet Simone
Part III Telling Our Stories	159	(90)
How My Teacher Education Program Failed	163	(6)
``Starr''
Visibility, Invisibility, and ``The Thickness of Nondiversity'': What I Learned from Karen	169	(8)
Rita M. Kissen
Karen Phillips
Heteronormativity and Common Sense in Science (Teacher) Education	177	(14)
Steve Fifield
Howard (Lee) Swain
``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	191	(10)
Eric Rofes
Teacher Educators and the Multicultural Closet: The Impact of Gay and Lesbian Content on an Undergraduate Teacher Education Seminar	201	(14)
James R. King
Roger Brindley
Can of Worms: A Queer TA in Teacher Ed.	215	(12)
Karleen Pendleton Jimenez
I'm Every Woman: Multiple Identities as Part of the Diversity Curriculum	227	(8)
Karen Glasgow
Campus Dyke Meets Teacher Education: A Marriage Made in Social Justice Heaven	235	(14)
Ronni Sanlo
Afterword: A Word about Getting Ready for Benjamin from His Mommies	249	(4)
Index	253	(8)
About the Contributors	261