Surviving in the trenches: A narrative inquiry into queer teachers' experiences and identity

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1023-1030

  Endo, Hidehiro ^a   Reece Miller, Paul Chamness ^b   Santavicca, Nicholas ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender stereotypes; LGBTQ issues; Narrative inquiry; Queer teachers; Teacher identity; Teacher research

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649336426     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.10.045     Document Type: Article

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