LGBTQ Voices in Education : Changing the Culture of Schooling

Lgbtq Voices In Education: Changing The Culture Of Schooling Addresses The Ways In Which Teachers Can Meet The Needs Of Lgbtq Students And Improve The Culture Surrounding Gender, Sexuality, And Identity Issues In Formal Learning Environments. Written By Experts From A Variety Of Backgrounds Including Educational Foundations, Leadership, Cultural Studies, Literacy, Criminology, Theology, Media Assessment, And More, These Chapters Are Designed To Help Educators Find The Inspiration And Support They Need To Become Allies And Advocates Of Queer Students, Whose Safety, Well-being, And Academic Performance Are Regularly And Often Systemically Threatened. Emphasizing Socially Just Curricula, Supportive School Climates, And Transformative Educational Practices, This Innovative Book Is Applicable To K-12, College-level, And Graduate Settings, And Beyond. Preface : Entering The Conversation : Dancing With Dragons / Veronica Bloomfield And Marni E. Fisher -- Raising Awareness : Troubling The Waters / Veronica Bloomfield And Marni E. Fisher -- How Old Ideas Can Help New Teachers : Support For Lgbtq Students As A Core Value / Michael Sadowski -- Exploring Lgbtq Issues In K-12 Education : A Dialogue With Graduate Students / Lynda R. Wiest, Cynthia H. Brock, And Julie L. Pennington -- Speaking Of Sexuality : Teaching, Learning, And Mothering Through The Questions / Veronica Bloomfield -- Breaking The Conspiracy Of Silence : Creating Spaces At The Intersection Of Diversity And Controversy / Marni E. Fisher And Kevin Stockbridge -- Traveling Poet / Stacy E. Schupmann -- Climate And Culture: Fostering Positive Identities / Veronica Bloomfield And Marni E. Fisher -- Educator Evaluations Of School Climate For Lgbtq Students : A Reiteration Of The Bullying Discourse / Melissa J. Smith And Elizabethe Payne -- Searching For Self And Society : Sexual And Gender Minority Youth Online / Elise Paradis -- Changing School Culture Through Gay-straight Alliances / Markus Bidell -- Queering Children's Literature: Rationale And Resources / Danné E. Davis -- Do You Need My Queerness To Define Your Straightness : The Pedagogy Of Queering-deviance In The Academy / Anna V. Wilson -- Transformative Practices / Veronica Bloomfield And Marni E. Fisher -- We Recruit : A Queer Pedagogy For Teacher Education / Julia Heffernan And Tina Gutierez-schmich -- Out Of The Closet And Into The Classroom : Lgbtq Issues And Inclusive Classroom Practice / Sean Robinson -- Developing Critical Dialogue / J. Spencer Clark And James S. Brown -- Queer Earth : Troubling Dirt, Humanness, Gender Assumptions, And Binaries To Nurture Bioculturally Responsive Curricula / Marna Hauk -- Dénouement : Speaking Up / Marni E. Fisher And Veronica Bloomfield. Edited By Veronica E. Bloomfield And Marni E. Fisher. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Preface : Entering the Conversation : Dancing with Dragons / Veronica E. Bloomfield and Marni E. Fisher Raising Awareness : Troubling the Waters / Veronica E. Bloomfield and Marni E. Fisher How Old Ideas Can Help New Teachers : Support for LGBTQ Students as a Core Value / Michael Sadowski Exploring LGBTQ Issues in K-12 Education : A Dialogue with Graduate Students / Lynda R. Wiest, Cynthia H. Brock, and Julie L. Pennington Speaking of Sexuality : Teaching, Learning, and Mothering through the Questions / Veronica E. Bloomfield Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence : Creating Spaces at the Intersection of Diversity and Controversy / Marni E. Fisher and Kevin Stockbridge Traveling Poet / Stacy E. Schupmann Climate and Culture: Fostering Positive Identities / Veronica E. Bloomfield and Marni E. Fisher Educator Evaluations of School Climate for LGBTQ Students : A Reiteration of the Bullying Discourse / Melissa J. Smith and Elizabethe Payne Searching for Self and Society : Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Online / Elise Paradis Changing School Culture through Gay-Straight Alliances / Markus Bidell Queering Children's Literature: Rationale and Resources / Danné E. Davis Do You Need My Queerness to Define Your Straightness : The Pedagogy of Queering-Deviance in the Academy / Anna V. Wilson Transformative Practices / Veronica E. Bloomfield and Marni E. Fisher We Recruit : A Queer Pedagogy for Teacher Education / Julia Heffernan and Tina Gutierez-Schmich Out of the Closet and Into the Classroom : LGBTQ Issues and Inclusive Classroom Practice / Sean Robinson Developing Critical Dialogue / J. Spencer Clark and James S. Brown Queer Earth : Troubling Dirt, Humanness, Gender Assumptions, and Binaries to Nurture Bioculturally Responsive Curricula / Marna Hauk Dénouement : Speaking Up / Marni E. Fisher and Veronica E. Bloomfield. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 Dedication......Page 10 Foreword......Page 12 Preface: Entering the Conversation: Dancing with Dragons......Page 16 SECTION I Raising Awareness: Troubling the Waters......Page 32 1 How Old Ideas Can Help New Teachers: Support for LGBTQ Students as a Core Value......Page 34 2 Exploring LGBTQ Issues in K–12 Education: A Dialogue with Graduate Students......Page 44 3 Speaking of Sexuality: Teaching, Learning, and Mothering through the Questions......Page 58 4 Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Creating Spaces at the Intersection of Diversity and Controversy......Page 73 Interlude I: Traveling Poet and Bridge Over Troubled Waters......Page 90 SECTION II Climate and Culture: Fostering Positive Identities......Page 102 5 Educator Evaluations of School Climate for LGBTQ Students: A Reiteration of the Bullying Discourse......Page 104 6 Searching for Self and Society: Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Online......Page 118 7 Changing School Culture through Gay–Straight Alliances......Page 133 8 Queering Children’s Literature: Rationale and Resources......Page 148 Interlude II: Do You Need My Queerness to Define Your Straightness? The Pedagogy of Queering-Deviance in the Academy......Page 164 SECTION III Transformative Practices......Page 174 9 We Recruit: A Queer Pedagogy for Teacher Education......Page 176 10 Out of the Closet and Into the Classroom: LGBTQ Issues and Inclusive Classroom Practice......Page 192 11 Developing Critical Dialogue......Page 207 12 Queer Earth: Troubling Dirt, Humanness, Gender Assumptions, and Binaries to Nurture Bioculturally Responsive Curricula......Page 217 Dénouement: Speaking Up......Page 232 Contributors......Page 237 Index......Page 242 Section 1. Raising awareness : troubling the waters / Veronica E. Bloomfield and Marni E. Fisher -- section 2. Climate and culture : fostering positive identities / Veronica E. Bloomfield and Marni E. Fisher -- section 3. Transformative practices / Veronica E. Bloomfield and Marni E. Fisher