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REPRESENTATIONS AND IMPACTS OF TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING IDEALS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

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Date Issued:
2016
Abstract/Description:
Children's literature plays a critical role in shaping how children view themselves and the world around them. This is especially true in regards to outgroups such as the transgender and gender nonconforming communities. Transgender individuals have been gaining increased visibility in the past few years. The misconceptions surrounding these topics are not exclusively found outside the classroom. Title IX was expanded to include gender identity as recently as 2014. Yet, much confusion and apprehension is present when discussing the topic of transgender and gender nonconformity, especially in the elementary school classroom. To address these misconceptions, inclusion of these outgroups into culturally inclusive curriculum is critical. With the power that children's literature has on empathy, attitudes, and comprehension, classroom libraries should consider including transgender and gender nonconforming titles into teacher resources and classroom libraries. Many positives can come from the power of children's literature, but there also lies the chance to fall into new and/or unique pitfalls that affect the elementary classroom, such as gender stereotyping. Therefore, this thesis analyzed transgender and gender nonconforming titles for elementary classrooms for trends and themes. 30 titles total were analyzed with 21 being selected to represent the ideals found in transgender and gender nonconforming children's literature.
Title: REPRESENTATIONS AND IMPACTS OF TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING IDEALS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.
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Name(s): Foresman, David B, Author
Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth, Committee Chair
University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 2016
Publisher: University of Central Florida
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: Children's literature plays a critical role in shaping how children view themselves and the world around them. This is especially true in regards to outgroups such as the transgender and gender nonconforming communities. Transgender individuals have been gaining increased visibility in the past few years. The misconceptions surrounding these topics are not exclusively found outside the classroom. Title IX was expanded to include gender identity as recently as 2014. Yet, much confusion and apprehension is present when discussing the topic of transgender and gender nonconformity, especially in the elementary school classroom. To address these misconceptions, inclusion of these outgroups into culturally inclusive curriculum is critical. With the power that children's literature has on empathy, attitudes, and comprehension, classroom libraries should consider including transgender and gender nonconforming titles into teacher resources and classroom libraries. Many positives can come from the power of children's literature, but there also lies the chance to fall into new and/or unique pitfalls that affect the elementary classroom, such as gender stereotyping. Therefore, this thesis analyzed transgender and gender nonconforming titles for elementary classrooms for trends and themes. 30 titles total were analyzed with 21 being selected to represent the ideals found in transgender and gender nonconforming children's literature.
Identifier: CFH2000119 (IID), ucf:46004 (fedora)
Note(s): 2016-12-01
B.S.
College of Education and Human Performance, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership
Bachelors
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Subject(s): transgender
children's literature
gender nonconformity
gender
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000119
Restrictions on Access: public
Host Institution: UCF

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