The Next Two Weeks

I started The Educationist as an interactive way to not only post interesting education-centric articles and videos I've found online, but also to share my research for graduate school assignments.

For the next two weeks, I will be concentrating and reflecting on my current research for a class that is focused on adolescent development. I will be posting a variety of resources I've found online--such as links to news articles, other blogs/websites,Twitter feeds, facebook groups and YouTube videos--that relate to my topic.

I am currently researching the concept of hypermasculinity in relation to homophobia, particularly as seen exhibited in teenage African-American males in an urban setting. I am currently exploring the historical, social, cultural, and religious reasons for the pronounced emphasis on hypermasculinity and homophobia amongst this cohort as well as positing suggestions and strategies for effectively dealing with these issues inside the classroom.

Though the strategies and suggestions I will be making will come through my specific lens as a high school English teacher, I would really welcome teachers in other grade levels and content areas to weigh in on the material I am posting and to suggest other relevant routes of tackling homophobia in urban schools.