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ERIC Number: EJ716858
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Nov-1
Pages: 109
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
English in the City
Hamilton, Greg
English Journal, v94 n2 p106 Nov 2004
The educators find it very difficult to create contexts for learning about difference such as homophobia in the public schools. The communities are challenged to respond to the topics related to sex and sexuality while confronting homophobia that are normally avoided by the classroom teachers for political and personal reasons.
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Social Bias, Consciousness Raising, Educational Environment, Teacher Role, Public Schools, English Teachers, Sex Education
National Council of Teachers of English, 111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096. Web site: http://www.ncte.org/journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
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