In this article, Rands (2009) investigated how to introduce transgender issues in the classroom as well as challenging the current forms of gender education. This theoretical piece engages with pre-existing studies and literature surrounding transgender issues and various forms of gender oppression. Proposing new approaches to the subject, Rands suggests that a gender-complex approach be implemented through the self-education of teacher educators on its importance, teachers should focus on classroom observation and challenge notions of gender in the classroom, as well as prepare for situations in dealing with gender category or gender transgression oppression (Rands, 2009).
At the level of teacher educators, Rands (2009) states that the focus should be on self-education and a constant state of challenging one's own conception of gender. As for the method of self-education, Rands suggested a number of texts, varying in perspective, to educate on gender's complexities. They are recommended to actively challenge their own thoughts …show more content…
After discussion and defining of various gender-related concepts, teachers are asked to observe, "how gender is enacted in the classroom" (Rands, 2009, p. 428). However, it is additionally important for the teacher to consider on what grounds to they identify something as expressing gender. Rands suggests that a concept to start with on adding complexity to the concept of gender is considering the role of privilege (Rands, 2009). An exercise regarding this involves teachers being given sheets of paper with various groups identified at the top and being instructed to write examples of privilege that group may have. Teachers are encouraged to additionally use imaginative scenarios of alternate gender systems to expand their thinking on these different aspects of privilege, as well as
At the level of teacher educators, Rands (2009) states that the focus should be on self-education and a constant state of challenging one's own conception of gender. As for the method of self-education, Rands suggested a number of texts, varying in perspective, to educate on gender's complexities. They are recommended to actively challenge their own thoughts …show more content…
After discussion and defining of various gender-related concepts, teachers are asked to observe, "how gender is enacted in the classroom" (Rands, 2009, p. 428). However, it is additionally important for the teacher to consider on what grounds to they identify something as expressing gender. Rands suggests that a concept to start with on adding complexity to the concept of gender is considering the role of privilege (Rands, 2009). An exercise regarding this involves teachers being given sheets of paper with various groups identified at the top and being instructed to write examples of privilege that group may have. Teachers are encouraged to additionally use imaginative scenarios of alternate gender systems to expand their thinking on these different aspects of privilege, as well as