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"You Know the Homophobic Stuff Is Not in Me, Like Us, It's Out There". Using Participatory Theatre to Challenge Heterosexism and Heteronormativity in a South African School
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Francis, Dennis – South African Journal of Education, 2013
Forum Theatre (FT), a participatory improvised theatre form, raises consciousness, enables debate and critical reflection, and encourages a democratic form of knowledge production that engages the audience in their own learning and unlearning. I used FT as a platform to understand how 15- to 18-year-old learners, in a co-educational school in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drama, Theater Arts, Teaching Methods
Queering the Secondary English Classroom Or, "Why Are We Reading Gay Stuff?"
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Lin, Cammie Kim – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This qualitative multiple case study examines the experiences of one middle and two high school English teachers who incorporate literature with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) content and queer issues in their classes. The teachers' intentions, methods, and experiences are examined through the lenses of queer…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Middle School Teachers, High Schools
Confronting Homophobia at School: High School Students and the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles
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Knotts, Greg; Gregorio, Dominic – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2011
This study discusses student responses to curriculum taught by the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles to choral students in local high schools. The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles's A-LIVE Music Project brings live music and standards-driven curriculum to high school youth with the express purpose of teaching content in innovative ways and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Music, Homosexuality, High School Students
Preparing LGBTQ-Allies and Combating Homophobia in a U. S. Teacher Education Program
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Clark, Caroline T. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
Interns in a US teacher education program were surveyed regarding their attitudes towards diversity, particularly issues of sexuality, their feelings of "cultural competence" around diversity, and the repertoires of practices and resources they feel prepared to draw on in their work with middle and high schools students (11-18 year…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Cultural Awareness, Interviews, Homosexuality
Queering Straight Teachers: Discourse and Identity in Education. Complicated Conversation: A Book Series of Curriculum Studies. Volume 22
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Rodriguez, Nelson M., Ed.; Pinar, William F., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2007
Much of the focus of anti-homophobic/anti-heterosexist educational theory, curriculum, and pedagogy has examined the impact of homophobia and heterosexism on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) students and teachers. Such a focus has provided numerous theoretical and pedagogical insights, and has informed important changes in…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Multicultural Education, Teacher Characteristics, Sexual Orientation
Teaching for a Tolerant World, Grades 9-12. Essays and Resources.
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Danks, Carol, Ed.; Rabinsky, Leatrice B., Ed. – 1999
The essays and resources in this book are designed to help high school English teachers adapt their own classroom lessons for teaching about genocide and intolerance. Beginning with guidelines developed by the National Council of teachers of English's Committee on Teaching about Genocide and Intolerance, the 16 essays present approaches to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Asian Americans, Blacks