ERIC Number: EJ808127
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Aug-24
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1529-8094
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My Arts-Informed Narrative Inquiry into Homophobia in Elementary Schools as a Supply Teacher
Gosse, Douglas
International Journal of Education & the Arts, v6 n7 p1-20 Aug 2005
Using fiction writing techniques, such as the creation of composite characters and scenarios gathered from data collection and the author's tacit knowledge, this narrative teacher inquiry illustrates how anti-homophobia education might unfold in an elementary school. The art of yarning or storytelling is explored as an effective tool to confront homophobia with elementary school students and teachers. The author manipulates tone and style to create a bridge between the academy and the public, especially reaching out to teacher candidates and practicing teachers to share his insights and imagined possibilities. This research draws from poststructural sensibilities, challenging binary systems of gay-straight and male-female, exploring how accepted heterosexist and misandrous knowledge and social beliefs are constructed and upheld, and ultimately soliciting questionings so that status quo assumptions may be ruptured. In this supply teacher's fictional narrative, the imagination is celebrated as a provocative mode of artful educational inquiry. (Contains 9 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Creative Writing, Homosexuality, Social Bias, Social Attitudes, Fiction, Writing (Composition), Inquiry, Consciousness Raising, Story Telling, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Personal Narratives, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
International Journal of Education & the Arts. 1310 South 6th Street, Champaign, IL 61820. Tel: 402-472-9958; Fax: 402-472-2837; Web site: http://www.ijea.org
Publication Type: Creative Works; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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