Troubling Education: Queer Activism and Antioppressive Pedagogy

ISBN-13: 9780415933124 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 224 str.

Kevin K. Kumashiro

Opis

Few books have addressed research for teachers to turn to as a resource for classroom practice but here Kumashiro draws on interviews with gay activists as a starting point for discussion of models of reading and challenging oppression.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction Queer Desires in Education Troubling Educational Research Calling Activists Feminist, Activist, and Collaborative Interviews Re-Presenting the Stories Vignette 1 Chapter 2: Toward a Theory of Anti-Oppressive Education Education For the Other Education About the Other Educating that is Critical of Privileging and Othering Education that Changes Students and Society Looking to Activism Vignette 2 Chapter 3: Reading and Re-readings of Identity, Culture, and Oppression Reading My Experiences in Anti-Oppressive Ways First Route: Re-reading Difference in Pab's Stories Second: Re-reading Normalcy in Christopher's Stories Third Route: Re-reading Intersections in Matthew's Stories Fourth Route: Reading Beyond Beth's Stories The Possibilities of Different Routes Vignette 3 Chapter 4: Addressing Resistance through Queer Activism First Route: Doing Homework when Re-reading Sue's Stories Second Route: Inverting and Exceeding Binaries in Debbie's Stories Third Route: Juxtaposing Matthew's Stories to Other Cultural Texts Fourth Route: Reading Pab's Stories as Catalysts for Action and Change Vignette 4 Chapter 5: Conclusions Vignette 5 References Index About the Author

O autorze

Kevin Kumashiro is Assistant Professor at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.