"Gayness, Multicultural Education, and Community"
Dennis Carlson
Dennis Carlson
I believe that Carlson is stating that gayness has to be taught in school in a way that it shows the negatives and positives. Teachers and students have to accept each others right to choose who they are and their sexual orientation.
1. "This implies at the very least that educators involve young people in a discussion of gay identity within the context of a discussion of human rights in a democratic community, and it may extend to a discussion of caring for others, including the gay Other, in community."
Teaching about homosexuals in a school and community environment because more and more males and females are becoming gay and lesbians. I learned from another course that its up to the person and it relates back to the persons sexual orientation of who she or he is going to like. Teaching this concept to students of homosexuals is important in a school environment so people get to see both sides of the spectrum. It should not make a difference if your gay or not, everyone should be accepted for who they are.
2. "To the extent that gayness is recognized in the curriculum, it is likely to be in the health curriculum, where it is associated with disease. For example, one of the most popular health texts on the high school market is Health: A Guide to Wellness, which mentions homosexuals or homosexuality once in acknowledging that 'the first group in the United States diagnosed with AIDS were male homosexuals'."
I have heard of this before because I am an health/pe major. I have read about that before, but i also have noticed that more recent text books have sections on peoples sexuality which is focusing on straight, gay and lesbian. People think that gay people are the people that give or recieve AIDS which is false information.
3. "A third discourse on community to emerge over the past decade or so in America is associated with the notion of a community of difference and diversity- what I will call a demorcratic mluticultural community."
This qoute is stating that people who are diverse and are homosexual should join their own community and have a public culture for people to kno who they are.
Conclusion.
I thought this was a good article to read because I have a best friend who is a homosexual and is open with his sexual orienation and is not afraid to show it around his friends, but around other people he is alittle shy. When I first met his boyfriend I was a little hesitant because of all the myths about gay people but in the end he was a very nice guy and was fun to be around. And learning about homosexuals and lesbians in my health class I know now how and why people become who they are and how it makes them feel inside when they get accepted from people from the same group as them. People have to learn about homosexuals becasue its a growing gend in this country and will keep growing.
1. "This implies at the very least that educators involve young people in a discussion of gay identity within the context of a discussion of human rights in a democratic community, and it may extend to a discussion of caring for others, including the gay Other, in community."
Teaching about homosexuals in a school and community environment because more and more males and females are becoming gay and lesbians. I learned from another course that its up to the person and it relates back to the persons sexual orientation of who she or he is going to like. Teaching this concept to students of homosexuals is important in a school environment so people get to see both sides of the spectrum. It should not make a difference if your gay or not, everyone should be accepted for who they are.
2. "To the extent that gayness is recognized in the curriculum, it is likely to be in the health curriculum, where it is associated with disease. For example, one of the most popular health texts on the high school market is Health: A Guide to Wellness, which mentions homosexuals or homosexuality once in acknowledging that 'the first group in the United States diagnosed with AIDS were male homosexuals'."
I have heard of this before because I am an health/pe major. I have read about that before, but i also have noticed that more recent text books have sections on peoples sexuality which is focusing on straight, gay and lesbian. People think that gay people are the people that give or recieve AIDS which is false information.
3. "A third discourse on community to emerge over the past decade or so in America is associated with the notion of a community of difference and diversity- what I will call a demorcratic mluticultural community."
This qoute is stating that people who are diverse and are homosexual should join their own community and have a public culture for people to kno who they are.
Conclusion.
I thought this was a good article to read because I have a best friend who is a homosexual and is open with his sexual orienation and is not afraid to show it around his friends, but around other people he is alittle shy. When I first met his boyfriend I was a little hesitant because of all the myths about gay people but in the end he was a very nice guy and was fun to be around. And learning about homosexuals and lesbians in my health class I know now how and why people become who they are and how it makes them feel inside when they get accepted from people from the same group as them. People have to learn about homosexuals becasue its a growing gend in this country and will keep growing.
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