This book invites readers to explore the critical interruptions occasioned by queer pedagogies. Building on earlier scholarly work in this area, as well as pedagogical production arising out of queer activism, the chapters in this volume examine a broad range of themes as they collectively grapple with the meaning and practice of queer pedagogy across different contexts. In this way, Queer Pedagogies provides a glance at new ways of thinking about and acting on contemporary educational topics and debates situated at the intersection of queer studies and education. In taking up the concept of queer pedagogy, the volume provides ample opportunities for scholars, educators, activists, and other cultural workers to critically engage with ongoing questions of theory, praxis, and politics.

Explores queer pedagogies across a range of themes and topics

Introduction: What Are Queer Pedagogies Anyway? Reflections on Theory, Praxis, Politics Cris Mayo and Nelson M. Rodriguez.- Chapter 1: Coming Closer to Queer through Troubling Assessment Author: Mollie V. Blackburn.- Chapter 2: Queer(y)ing Teacher Education: Ignorance, Insecurity, and Intolerance Janna Jackson.- Chapter 3: Ending Bullying and Harassment: The Case for a Queer Pedagogy Elizabeth J. Meyer.- Chapter 4: Hooked on a Feeling? The Paradoxes of Engaging with Queerly Affective Silences and Talk in a High School Classroom Kathleen Quinlivan.- Chapter 5: Impossible Pedagogy: Privatization and a Queered Public Arts Education Therese Quinn.- Chapter 6: Queering Mathematics Pedagogy: Mathematical Inqueery Kat Rands.- Chapter 7: What Is Queer Pedagogy? Mary Lou Rasmussen and Daniel Marshall.- Chapter 8: Thinking Queer about the Space of School Safety: Violence and Dis/placement of LGBTQ Youth of Color Lisa Weems.- Chapter 9: Institutions of Education: Queer Pedagogies, Social Foundations, and Praxis Leila Villaverde and Brian Ammons.- Chapter 10: "That Wasn't Very Free Thinker": Queer Critical Pedagogy in the Early Years Kim Hackford-Peer.- Chapter 11: Queer for Learning, Queer for Teaching Cris Mayo.- Chapter 12: A Narrative that Will Be Said of a Gay Man in Utah Scott Gust.- Chapter 13: Queer Pedagogy and the Complexity of the Future of Heterosexual Identity Nelson M. Rodriguez.