From Here to Diversity
Explore ways to reduce the impact of heterosexism on students, teachers, and educational institutions!\ This essential book focuses on lesbian and gay issues in education, demonstrating why and how educational administrators, teachers, and teacher educators need to re-evaluate their policies and pedagogy to create better learning environments. It explores the social and educational impact of homophobia and heterosexism upon students, teachers, and school systems—and suggests ways to limit the...
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Three Australian sociologists present eight articles that examine issues of the impact on gays and lesbians of homophobia and harassment in educational settings in Australia and New Zealand. The social impact of homophobia is discussed and strategies that parents and educators can use to prevent and mitigate the harmful impact on students are examined. Also published as the Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, v.14, no. 2. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
\ About the Contributors\ Preface\ Acknowledgments\ Playing with Fire: Homo(sexuality) and Schooling in New Zealand\ Whose Problem Is This? Queerying the Framing of Lesbian and Gay Secondary School Students Within “At Risk” Discourses\ Banking Goodwill: Working Towards Children’s Happiness and Safety at School the Strategies We’ve Learnt as Lesbian Mothers—A Personal Reflection\ Why Queer Theory Is Useful in Teaching: A Perspective from English as a Second Language Teaching\ A Reflection of Resistance: Discourses of Heterosexism and Homophobia in Teacher Training Classrooms\ Discrimination Against Gay Men, Lesbians, and Transgender People Working in Education\ Heterosexual Attitudes to Homosexuality: Homophobia at a Rural Australian University\ Psychiatric Disorder or Straight Prejudice? The Role of Education in Overcoming Homophobia\ Index\ Reference Notes Included\
