OIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY 0
Summer Session 1999
ST - Addressing
EDUC 374
Homophobia
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Office:
Warren
MPX
9508
Heterosexism in Education
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Tel:
291-5991
Tuesday & Friday
9:30 - 12:20 pm
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E-mail: murray_warren@sfu.ca
Location: MPX 7500F
PREREQUISITE
Educ 240 or Educ 401/402
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will focus on the political, psychological, and ethical issues surrounding the lesbian,
gay, or bisexual teacher, inclusiveness of the curriculum,resource centre policy, homophobia,
heterosexism, the lesbian, gay, bisexual student and parent, and dilemmas faced by school
counsellors.
A selection from the following:
• Privilege and oppression : definitions, origins, consequences
• Homophobia and heterosexism: definitions, origins, consequences
'Lesbians, gays, bisexuals: myths and stereotypes
'Lesbian, gay, bisexual (Student) Teacher, Student, Parent
'Inclusive Curriculum
'Inclusive Library
'Challenge to Counsellors
• Strategies for making schools safe, welcoming and inclusive
OBJECTIVES
'to help participants become aware of and informed about the dilemmas experienced
by roughly ten per cent of the school population
• to explore community attitudes towards homosexuality and the ways they impinge
on school life
'to review materials that might be illuminating for those interested in this topic
'to explore the ethical dilemmas faced by teachers, principals, counsellors, and
librarians with respect to this topic
'to explore curriculum issues in school subjects, particularly Career and Personal
Planning, history and social studies, literature, and physical education
REQUIREMENTS
1.Research essay - 40%
2.
Literature review - 20%
3. Final exam - 40%
REQUIRED TEXTS
Schneider, M. S. (Ed.), Pride and Prejudice: Working With Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth.
Central Toronto Youth Services, 1997. ISBN: 0-921708-18-1.
Sears, J
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T. and W. Williams, Overcoming Heterosexism and Homophobia: Strategies That Work.
Columbia University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-231-10423-5
