Que(e)rying my Teacher Identity

Abstract

This essay is a review of Rodriguez and Pinar's (2007) Queering Straight Teachers: Discourse and Identity in Education. The book critically examines what it means to queer teachers, both in theory and in practice. This edited collection brings together perspectives from authors across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

KEYWORDS:

• Gender
• identity
• queer theory
• sexual-minority education
• teacher education

Notes

1. Matchmaker is a profitable fundraising service that generates printouts based on student questionnaires of the most compatible fellow students. There is no option for same-sex student pairings.

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Rachael Nicholls

Rachael Nicholls, a former teacher, is currently a doctoral student in the Department of Theory and Policy Studies, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.