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ERIC Number: EJ994923
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1936-1653
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Supporting Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Youth through Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice
Rands, Kat
Journal of LGBT Youth, v10 n1-2 p106-126 2013
Supporting transgender and gender-nonconforming youth in schools involves changes at all levels of education. Gender-complex education, or education that takes into consideration the existence and experiences of transgender and gender-nonconforming people, should be a basic and pervasive part of curricula and should be seen as critical for students of all gender identities and presentations; it must be infused within every content area, including mathematics. This article synthesizes perspectives on gender-complex education, teaching mathematics for social justice, and research on students' development of proportional reasoning and statistical concepts, and then proposes a mathematics project for middle schoolers to facilitate their agency in challenging transphobia and gender oppression in their schools.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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