Queer Contemplative Pedagogy: Challenging Gender and Sexuality Norms Through Contemplation
Journal of Homosexuality October 6, 2021 S. Shelton 4 citations
ABSTRACT While teaching a secondary gender studies course, high school teacher “Eleanor” found that though most students identified as queer and expressed interest in disrupting normative understandings of genders and sexualities, their classroom contributions often reified problematic norms. She implemented what she termed a Queer Contemplative Pedagogy to challenge students to think more...