| Description |
xviii, 291 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Curriculum, cultures, and (homo)sexualities |
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Curriculum, cultures, and (homo)sexualities.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Foundational issues. Teaching queerly : some elementary proposals / James T. Sears -- Why discuss sexuality in elementary school? / Kathy Bickmore -- Pestalozzi, perversity, and the pedagogy of love / Lisa Weems. 2. Children's sexual and social development. Stonewall in the housekeeping area : gay and lesbian issues in the early childhood classroom / Betsy J. Cahill and Rachel Theilheimer -- Forbidden fruit : Black males' constructions of transgressive sexualities in middle school / James Earl Davis -- Reading queer Asian American masculinities and sexualities in elementary school / Kevin K. Kumashiro -- "My moving days" : a child's negotiation of multiple lifeworlds in relation to gender, ethnicity, and sexuality / Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli -- What happens when the kids grow up? : the long-term impact of an openly gay teacher on eight students' lives / Eric Rofes. 3. Curriculum. How to make "boys" and "girls" in the classroom : the heteronormative nature of elementary-school science / William J. Letts IV -- Using music to teach against homophobia / Mara Sapon-Shevin -- Locating a place for gay and lesbian themes in elementary reading, writing, and talking / James R. King and Jenifer Jasinski Schneider -- "It's okay to be gay" : interrupting straight thinking in the English classroom / Wayne Martino -- How teachers understand gay and lesbian content in the elementary social studies curriculum / Kevin P. Colleary. |
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4. Family. Children of the future age : lesbian and gay parents talk about school / Rita M. Kissen -- Love makes a family : controversy in two Massachusetts towns / Gigi Kaeser -- Supporting students/responding to gay and lesbian parents / Pat Hulsebosch, Mari E. Koerner, and Daniel P. Ryan -- Placing children first : the importance of mutual presence in the elementary classroom / Barbara Danish. 5. Educators and their allies. Activism within : working with tension / Greg Curran -- Success stories of a fat, biracial/Black, Jewish, lesbian assistant principal / Karen Glasgow and Sharon Murphy -- Lesbian mother and lesbian educator : an integrative view of affirming sexual diversity / Rita M. Marinoble -- When queer and teacher meet / Kate Evans -- Confronting homophobia in a multicultural education course / Margaret Mulhern and Gregory Martinez. |
| Subject |
Homosexuality and education -- United States.
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Education, Elementary -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Education, Elementary -- United States -- Curricula.
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Sex instruction -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Letts, William J., 1965-
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Sears, James T. (James Thomas), 1951-
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| ISBN |
0847693686 cloth alkaline paper |
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0847693694 paperback alkaline paper |
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