Facilitating LGBTQIA+ Allyship through Multimodal Writing in the Elementary Classroom: Preparing Teachers to Challenge Heteronormativity

This book explores the necessity of integrating queer pedagogy in teacher education to prepare candidates to support LGBTQIA+ children, developing a continuum of engagement from apathy to active allyship. It benefits researchers, academics, and educators interested in gender and sexuality studies, primary and elementary education, and teacher education.

Format: Hardback
Length: 94 pages
Publication date: 21 February 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book presents the findings of a qualitative study aimed at challenging prevailing notions of heteronormativity among preservice elementary teachers by engaging them in multimodal writing and text production around issues facing LGBTQIA+ youth. In the context of growing anti-transgender rhetoric in the United States, the text underscores the critical importance of incorporating queer pedagogy into teacher education to facilitate candidates' journey through the continuum and equip them with the knowledge, skills, and willingness to support children identifying as LGBTQIA+. By analyzing picture books, infographics, and multimodal texts created by teacher candidates, this cutting-edge volume develops a continuum of engagement, ranging from apathy to active allyship, with LGBTQIA+ youth.

This timely volume will be of great interest to researchers, academics, and educators with a passion for gender and sexuality studies, primary and elementary education, as well as teacher education in particular. Those engaged with queer theory and the sociology of education will also find valuable insights in this volume.

Weight: 252g
Dimension: 142 x 223 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367628185