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Teaching about heterosexism : psychological education design project.

Abstract: Teaching About Heterosexism: A Psychological Education Design Project (February 1986) Roberta L. Harro, B.A., Lebanon Valley College, M.S.Ed., Marywood College Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Directed by: Bailey W. Jackson III Ed.D. Heterosexism, the oppression of lesbians and gay men, is a topic that has received little attention in the field of education. Efforts to teach about it have been few and limited. In addition, there is no specific set of principles for how to teach about it. This projectstyle dissertation combines a model of oppression with the principles of anti-oppression education, the specific application of psychological education to the content of issues of oppression, in an attempt to refine a model for designing educational experiences about heterosexism. This project was developed as a part of the Social Issues Training Project of the Human Services and Applied Behavioral Science Division of the School of Education, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The model for teaching that was developed is intended for application in that project and in any setting where adults, college age and older, voluntarily attend sessions to raise their own awareness levels about heterosexism. The project is directed at educators who want to gain insight on how to design and conduct educational experiences about