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9780807750315

Acting Out!

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807750315

  • ISBN10:

    080775031X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-11-01
  • Publisher: Teachers College Pr

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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, including seizing teachable moments, organizing faculty, deciding whether to come out in the classroom, running a Gay-Straight Alliance, changing dsitrict policy to protect LBGTQ teachers and studens, dealing with resistant students, and preparing preservice teachers to do antihomophobia work.

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. Kenney teacher 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.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. ix
Acknowledgmentsp. xiii
Teacher/Activists Who Became Pink TIGers: An Introductionp. 1
Learning About Heterosexism as a Teacher Educator: The Resistant Student as Catalyst for Changep. 17
Inquiring into Ally Work in Teacher Education: The Possibilities and Limitations of Textual Practicep. 37
Being Out and Reading Queer-Inclusive Texts in a High School English Classroomp. 56
Risk and Threat in Critical Inquiry: Vacancies, Violations, and Vacuumsp. 74
Activist Work as Entry-Year Teachers: What We've Learnedp. 88
Facilitating Visibility of LGBTQ Issues in Public Schools: Teacher Resistance and Teachable Momentsp. 103
Overcoming an Identity of Privilege to Support LGBTQ Inclusivity in Schoolp. 114
Choosing to Stay "In" and the Significance of Race for Lesbian Teachers in Urban Classroomsp. 127
Learning to B/Se(e) an Activist Community: The Importance of Differences in Working for Changep. 143
Acting Out! So What?p. 160
Annotated Bibliographyp. 169
About the Contributorsp. 183
Indexp. 186
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