Attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge of pre-service teachers regarding the educational isolation of sexual minority youth

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 63-90

  Mudrey Camino, Renee ^a   Medina Adams, Aida ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b College of Education ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexuals; teacher education; Gay; Heterosexism; Homophobia; Homosexuality; Lesbian; Students and homophobia; Teacher attitudes

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BISEXUALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; JUVENILE; KNOWLEDGE; LESBIANISM; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PERCEPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TEACHER; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845276751     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v51n04_04     Document Type: Review

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