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Unnormalizing Education: Addressing Homophobia in Higher Education and K-12 Schools by Joseph R. Jones (Hardback, 2014)
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Recently, with the number of students from higher education and K-12 settings committing suicide, it is apparent that homophobia and homophobic bullying are tremendous problems in our schools and universities. However, educators are unclear about an appropriate process for addressing these challenges. In this book, Jones postulates that we must begin exploring the culture of educational environments as they relate to sexual difference, in order to begin conceptualizing ways in which we may begin to address homophobia and heterormativity. To that end, this book addresses how educators (at all levels) must begin examining how their concepts about different sexual identities are rmalized through socializing processes and schooling. In doing so, this book examines how individuals construct meanings about homophobia and hate language through contextual oppositions, how educational environments maintain a false tolerance when claiming to be tolerant of different sexual identities, how a hierarchy of hate language exists in educational environments, among other issues related to creating safe places for all students. In essence, the book attempts to un rmalize society's constructions of sexual identity by deconstructing the social rms.Product Identifiers
PublisherInformation Age Publishing
ISBN-101623967074
ISBN-139781623967079
eBay Product ID (ePID)208799294
Product Key Features
Number of Pages80 Pages
Publication Name(Un) Normalizing Education : Addressing Homophobia in Higher Education and K-12 Schools
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
SubjectEducation & Teaching
TypeTextbook
AuthorJoseph R. Jones
Subject AreaEducation, Social Science
FormatHardback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight10.4 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Height235mm
Width155mm
Weight290g
Additional Product Features
Date of Publication30/05/2014
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Place of PublicationGreenwich
Spine6mm
GenreEducation & Teaching
Country of PublicationUnited States
Author BiographyJoseph R. Jones, Mercer University, USA
Content NoteBlack & White Illustrations
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