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ERIC Number: ED669664
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 261
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-4604-6670-2
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Queering Feminist Facilitation: A Culture Circle Discusses Gender & Sexuality
Kelly E. Lormand
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Montclair State University
This study examines the collaboration of fifteen high school educators who came together to dialogue addressing patriarchy, sexism, homophobia, and heteronormativity in our practices, curriculum, classrooms, and school. Additionally, this practitioner action research study examines my attempt to queer and disrupt feminist facilitation. The study was situated in a competitive and economically privileged school district in the Northeast with district-wide goal dedicated to cultural diversity and anti-biased language. Using Paulo Freire's (1970/2004) model of culture circles and Souto-Manning's (2010) critical cycle, the group transformed a traditional professional learning community (PLC) into a feminist, queer, and activist community. The group engaged in the vulnerable process of community building through sharing personal experiences, concerns, fears, and questions addressing topics, such as sexual assault in texts, power imbalances in classroom discussions, homophobic remarks made by students, sexism printed in the school newspaper, and clashes in response to social justice events with administration. The findings of this study support the idea that teacher-led community spaces provide critical opportunities for self-reflection, examination of oppressions, and collaborative action and activism. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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