Queering Classrooms: Personal Narratives and Educational Practices to Support LGBTQ Youth in Schools

Erin A. Mikulec; Paul Chamness Miller

ISBN 10: 1681236508 / ISBN 13: 9781681236506

Published by Information Age Publishing, 2016

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1681236508I4N00

Synopsis:

Teacher Education programs have largely ignored the needs of LGBTIQ learners in their preparation of pre service teachers. At best in most of such programs, their needs are addressed in a single chapter in a book or as the topic of discussion in a single class discussion. However, is this minimal discussion enough? What kind of impact does this approach have on future teachers and their future learners? This book engages the reader in a dialogue about why teacher education must address LGBTIQ issues more openly and why teacher education programs should revise their curriculum to more fully integrate the needs of LGBTIQ learners throughout their curriculum, rather than treat such issues as a single, isolated topic in an insignificant manner. Through personal narratives, research, and conceptual chapters, this volume also examines the different ways in which queer youth are present or invisible in schools, the struggles they face, and how teachers can be better prepared to reach them as they should any student, and to make them more visible. The authors of this volume provide insight into the needs of future teachers with the aim of bringing about change in how teacher education programs address LGBTIQ needs to better equip those entering the field of teaching.

About the Author: Erin A. Mikulec, Illinois State University, USA.

Paul Chamness Miller, Akita International University.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Queering Classrooms: Personal Narratives and...
Publisher: Information Age Publishing
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket