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ERIC Number: EJ1349947
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jul
Pages: 32
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
EISSN: EISSN-1467-9620
Cultivating a Queer Mindset: How One Elementary School Teacher Is Rattling Common Sense
Leonardi, Bethy; Staley, Sara
Teachers College Record, v123 n7 Jul 2021
Background/Context: A significant body of research on gender and sexual diversity in education has called on teachers to "move beyond inclusion" of LGBTQ+ voices in curriculum by queering their practice and "disrupting cis-heteronormativity." Few studies have focused on the ways that disrupting cis-heteronormativity is challenging work for teachers to engage. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: In this case study, we focus on patterned moves that Laura, a first-grade teacher, made to disrupt cis-heteronormativity by supporting her students in cultivating what we call a "queer mindset"--a way of thinking, feeling, and doing that "rattles" her students' common sense. Research Design: The qualitative study reflects a nested case study design in which Laura represents an individual case within the broader case. Specifically, we use instrumental case study methodology. Conclusions/Recommendations: To make good on the goal of disrupting cis-heteronormativity, we encourage educators to cultivate in their students ways of thinking, feeling, and doing that upend common sense and that challenge the status quo. We encourage educators to support their students in developing queer mindsets. This way, not only can educators support individual students, but they can also propel the kind of social transformation we want to see.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 1; Primary Education
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Language: English
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