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Queer Teacher to Queer Teacher: Reflections, Questions, and Hopes from Current and Aspiring Educators
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Mayo, J. B., Jr. – Teaching Education, 2020
Today, members of the various lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) communities enjoy many of the same rights and privileges as their cis-gender, heterosexual peers. Yet, the lived experiences of many queer-identified teachers in schools remain problematic, uncomfortable, and tension-filled. Given the rise of 'No Promo Homo' laws…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, LGBTQ People, Social Discrimination, Sexual Orientation
'And Then on to the Next School to Mess Things Up': Deconstruction Events in a Preservice Teacher's Field Experience
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Rubin, Jessica Cira – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2018
In this analysis, events from a preservice teacher's internship in a seventh-grade literacy classroom are explored using theories of deconstruction. Deconstruction is activated as both a lens through which to observe and a framework for understanding moments when binaries and other linguistic structures and shortcomings are illuminated as…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Field Instruction, Internship Programs
LGBTIQ+ Representations and Social Justice Principles within English Teacher Education
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McRae, Eleanor; Curwood, Jen Scott – English in Australia, 2018
Teacher education programs play a significant role in shaping pre-service English teachers' pedagogy. The incorporation of texts with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual/transgender, intersex, and queer/questioning (LGBTIQ+) perspectives in the curriculum is one mechanism for promoting inclusion as well as a means to address and combat homophobia…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Social Justice, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers
Sexism, Homophobia and Transphobia in a Sample of Italian Pre-Service Teachers: The Role of Socio-Demographic Features
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Scandurra, Cristiano; Picariello, Simona; Valerio, Paolo; Amodeo, Anna Lisa – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2017
Although recent research has highlighted that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youths represent a resilient population, they still suffer from social stigma and oppression, being potentially at additional risk of developing negative mental health outcomes. One of the main environments where violence and harassment against this…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Social Bias, Homosexuality, Sexual Identity
Preservice Teacher Talk Surrounding Gender
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Engebretson, Kathryn Ellerhoff – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation examines the discourses around gender present among a cohort of preservice secondary social studies teachers (n = 25) and how gender discourses manifested throughout their preparatory year with particular interest paid to their thoughts about curricula, schools, and students. Using ethnographic study design, the author presents…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Social Studies
The Gender Agenda in Secondary ITET in England: Forgotten, Misconceived or What?
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Younger, Mike – Gender and Education, 2007
The restructuring of secondary initial teacher education in England has seen a shift in both the focus and location of training, with an emphasis upon tightly defined competences and standards and upon more school-based work. In this paper, I discuss the impact of such changes on newly qualified teachers' (NQTs) knowledge of gender issues, through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Females, Homosexuality