ERIC Number: EJ1263788
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Naming and Addressing Homophobic and Transphobic Microaggressions in Social Work Classrooms
Journal of Social Work Education, v56 n3 p484-495 2020
Classroom-based microaggressions are a critical problem, associated with a range of negative impacts for students in targeted groups. Central to the problem of microaggressions is that they are often unacknowledged or unaddressed by educators in their own classrooms. Findings from the Social Work Speaks Out! mixed-method survey demonstrate that LGBTQ+ undergraduate and graduate students experience a range of microaggressions in social work classrooms, as they would in classes in other fields. This article draws on qualitative data to examine the experiences of homophobic and transphobic microaggressions by social work students across the United States and Canada and introduces a new tool, grounded in the data, to guide educators in recognizing, naming, and effectively addressing microaggressions in their own classrooms.
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Aggression, Homosexuality, LGBTQ People, Classroom Environment, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Educational Experience, Social Bias, Student Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Role
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States; Canada
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