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Coming Out in Bytes and Pieces: Self-identification Online
This position paper explores the statement that online teachers should disclose their gender, race, class, age, values, interests, politics, capacities, heritage, sexual orientations and/or preferences, in the interests of valuing and advancing the recognition of diversity. Teachers, especially in the social sciences and humanities, should also encourage their students to do the same. Self-disclosure is advocated as the cornerstone of vital and empowering educational relationships and transformative learning. The use of various methods of teacher and student self-disclosure in a multi-media environment are explored, with a particular emphasis on coming out as a lesbian.
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- Material Type:
- Open (Access) Journal-Article
- Date Added to MERLOT:
- May 13, 2014
- Date Modified in MERLOT:
- February 13, 2023
- Author:
- Cathy Bray, Athabasca University
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Barbra Bied Sperling
- Primary Audience:
- College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
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- Language:
- English
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This work is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States
