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Hermann-Wilmarth, Jill M.; Ryan, Caitlin L. – American Educator, 2019
As queer-identified women and former elementary school teachers who now work in universities as teacher educators, the authors spent the past decade developing a range of approaches to help elementary school teachers integrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ)-inclusive practices into their teaching: "expanding…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Gender Issues, Sexuality, Elementary Education
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Silverman, Rachel E. – Communication Teacher, 2018
Courses: Introduction to advanced classes in Media Studies, Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Race, Communication, and Advertising. Objectives: In this unit activity, students critically assess advertisements that co-opt female empowerment and then identify ways they can resist such strategies.
Descriptors: Feminism, Advertising, Marketing, Journalism Education
Adams, S.; Bali, M.; Eder, Z.; Fladd, L.; Garrett, K.; Garth-McCullough, R.; Gibson, A. M.; Gunder, A.; Iuzzini, J.; Knott, J. L.; Rafferty, J.; Weber, N. L. – Achieving the Dream, 2021
This resource serves as a companion piece to the "Caring for Students Playbook: Six Recommendations for Caring for Students" (ED613431) and provides a foundation for the approaches and methods offered therein. The content offered in this playbook begins by setting the groundwork for rooting instruction in diversity, equity, and inclusion…
Descriptors: Caring, Student Needs, Student Diversity, Inclusion
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Kate E. Kedley; Jenna Spiering – English Journal, 2017
In this article, the authors argue that the format and content of graphic novels that depict LGBTQ experiences are a unique and effective pedagogical tool to engage students in critical discussions about gender and sexuality. Through analysis of two exemplar texts, teachers are offered a vocabulary and method for engaging in these conversations by…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, LGBTQ People, Sexual Identity, Gender Differences
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De Welde, Kristine; Foote, Nicola; Hayford, Michelle; Rosenthal, Martha – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2013
This paper explores the potential of collaborative interdisciplinary teaching as a mechanism for advancing feminist pedagogies. The authors, individually and collectively, engage in feminist academic work (e.g., scholarship and teaching) that challenges traditional academic expectations in their disciplines and at their institution. The authors do…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teacher Collaboration, Feminism
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Sheppard, Maia; Mayo, J. B., Jr. – Social Studies, 2013
The authors encourage teachers to make use of existing, standard social studies curriculum to uncover and to make visible the normative assumptions that underlie American cultural beliefs about gender and sexuality. The article provides an overview of how some cultures within the various Native American nations conceptualize gender and sexuality…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Sexual Orientation, Sexuality, Social Studies
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McGrath, Karen – Communication Teacher, 2014
As many gender teachers know, distinctions between and among complex terms in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans (gender or sexual), queer (LGBTQ) group are often difficult for students to articulate and identify. In fact, terms like "sex" and "gender" are often conflated in public discourse, and terms like…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Gender Issues
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Capo, Beth Widmaier – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2012
The documentary play "Seven" is the collaboration of seven female playwrights with seven women activists connected in 2006 by the Vital Voices Global Partnership, a nonprofit nongovernmental organization supporting the development of female leaders (Vital). The stated mission of Vital Voices is to "identify, invest in and bring…
Descriptors: Documentaries, Females, Feminism, Women Administrators
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Sgoutas, Arlene – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2013
This essay looks primarily at one approach to teaching about privilege in a feminist research course. I talk about the motivation to ask students to participate in this exercise and the potential as well as the challenges it has for raising awareness of one's own privileges before setting out to do feminist research. Additionally, the paper…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Research Methodology, Ethics, Feminism
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Brown, Theresa J. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2011
In this article, the author discusses the origins, goals, structures, and evaluations for a required course in gender studies at the university at which she teaches. This article will be of assistance to faculty members who may be interested in beginning a discussion of how such a course can be implemented at their own institutions. The course,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Required Courses, Gender Issues, Womens Studies
Garcia-Penalvo, Francicso Jose – IGI Global, 2013
Our differences in language, cultures, and history around the world play a vital role in the way we learn. As technology-based education continues to be used worldwide, there is an ever growing interest in how multiculturalism comes into effect. Multiculturalism in Technology-Based Education: Case Studies on ICT-Supported Approaches explores the…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Educational Technology, Cultural Pluralism, Teaching Methods
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Hyland, Nora E. – Young Children, 2010
Children from very young ages internalize messages about power and privilege with regard to gender, race/ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, and language, which they perpetuate through their play and talk. While families are a critical piece in shaping children's values on such matters, classroom practices communicate and reinforce strong,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Social Attitudes
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George, Linda A.; Brenner, Johanna – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010
The authors have developed and implemented a novel general education science course that examines scientific knowledge, laboratory experimentation, and science-related public policy through the lens of feminist science studies. They argue that this approach to teaching general science education is useful for improving science literacy. Goals for…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Nonmajors, Climate, Environmental Education
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Aduriz-Bravo, Agustin; Izquierdo-Aymerich, Merce – Science & Education, 2009
In this paper we discuss the foundations and process of design of a research-informed instructional unit aimed for pre-service science teacher education. The unit covers some key ideas on the nature of science (around methodology, theory change, scientific inference and explanation, values, gender issues) anchoring them in a well-known episode…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Gender Issues, Instructional Design, Preservice Teacher Education
Sadowski, Michael – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
Girls have been posting higher reading scores than boys for decades, but other trends suggest they may also have surpassed boys in overall academic performance. Girls have higher high school grade-point averages, are more widely represented as school valedictorians, and attend and graduate from college in greater numbers than boys. All this has…
Descriptors: Family Income, Females, International Studies, Reading Tests
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