GLBT+Student+article

My feelings about schools and classroom space reflect Nel Noddings, whose experience in education noted that students learned best when they felt cared for. The LGBT issue presents a segment of society which occupies a marginalized status, and how Megan Boler's classroom practice of "affirmative action pedagogy" helps to establish a respectful atmosphere, where all expressions of bigotry are explored, in an effort to illuminate truth and eliminate ignorance.

Gerd Rondahl, author of Students' Inadequate Knowledge about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons, In her abstract, Ms. Rondahl reflects on the inadequacy of medical and nursing care education related to non-heterosexual aspects of society, namely the LGBT persons and relationships. A study using descriptive, comparative design, via a Knowledge about Homosexuality Questionnaire, examined student's access to knowledge re: LGBT. results showed shortcomings re: LGBT knowledge, with heterosexuality continuing to dominate aspects of education