Acting out! : combating homophobia through teacher activism / edited by Mollie V. Blackburn [and others] ; foreword by JoBeth Allen.
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, deci...
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New York :
Teachers College Press,
[2010]
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Table of Contents:
- Teacher/activists who became Pink TIGers : an introduction / Mollie V. Blackburn [and others]
- Learning about heterosexism as a teacher educator : the resistant student as catalyst for change / Jeane F. Copenhaver-Johnson
- Inquiring into ally work in teacher education : the possibilities and limitations of textual practice / Caroline T. Clark
- Being out and reading queer-inclusive texts in a high school English classroom / Lauren M. Kenney
- Risk and threat in critical inquiry : vacancies, violations, and vacuums / Jason Gonzales
- Activist work as entry-year teachers : what we've learned / Ryan Schey and Ariel Uppstrom
- Facilitating visibility of LGBTQ issues in public schools : teacher resistance and teachable moments / Mindy Hall
- Overcoming an identity of privilege to support LGBTQ inclusivity in school / Jill M. Smith
- Choosing to stay "in" and the significance of race for lesbian teachers in urban classrooms / Anette Melvin
- Learning to b/se(e) an activist community : the importance of differences in working for change / Mollie V. Blackburn
- Acting out! so what? / Caroline T. Clark [and others].