Student Gender

Paper Summary:

The paper states that students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) find it hard to cope in their learning environment. LGBT students endure an abnormal amount of stress throughout adolescence and young adulthood. The paper comments that it is quite normal for LGBT students to experience harassment, isolation from their social group, the feeling of marginalization, and an inability to speak openly about their sexual/gender orientation. The paper reviews the significant literature relating to the subject of LGBT students and analyzes the theoretical implications that such concepts hold for the educational environment. The paper draws conclusions from the discussion of these issues that addresses the needs of LGBT students and celebrates sexual diversity, rather than stigmatizing it.

Outline:
Abstract
Introduction
Studies on LGBT Students
Educational Psychology Concepts
Theory in Action: Gay Straight Alliances
Conclusions

From the Paper:

"This is all the more remarkable, when nearly half the adult population has reportedly engaged in both homosexual and heterosexual activities (Sears, 1991). It has been estimated that up to fifteen percent of the population in the United States is exclusively lesbian or gay. This means that, while homosexuality either has or will personally affect about half of all students' lives, a large minority will come to identify as exclusively gay or lesbian in the course of their lives, if they do not already - to say nothing of the unique situation that transgender students must endure throughout the turbulent period of adolescence and young adulthood. With this in mind, it is thus necessary for educators to begin asking themselves how they might go about addressing this issue, since it affects a significant portion of the student body."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ball, A.F. (2000). "Empowering Pedagogies that Enhance the Learning of Multicultural Students." Teachers College Record, Vol. 102, No. 6, 1006-1034.
• Bandura, A. (1973). Aggression: A Social Learning Analysis. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The Ecology of Human Development: Experiments by Nature and Design. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
• Colapinto, J. (2005). "The Harvey Milk High School Has No Right to Exist. Discuss." New York Magazine. Retrieved 5 December 2007 from http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/features/10970/.
• Erikson, E. (1968). Identity: Youth and Crisis. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.

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