Advisor
Clemens, Elysia V.
Committee Member
Helm, Heather M.
Committee Member
Dunbar, Adria S.
Department
Counselor Education and Supervision
Institution
University of Northern Colorado
Type of Resources
Text
Place of Publication
Greeley (Colo.)
Publisher
University of Northern Colorado
Date Created
8-1-2015
Genre
Thesis
Extent
228 pages
Digital Origin
Born digital
Description
School counselors can use intentional practices to identify and reduce barriers that prohibit equal access to high quality public education. The following study was designed to elucidate how school counselors can apply a social justice paradigm to reduce the educational barriers that persist for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, questioning, and ally (LGBTQIQA) individuals. A classical Delphi method was employed to engage a panel of 14 school counselor educators, school counselors, and school counselor researchers in a critical discourse to generate school counseling strategies to deconstruct educational heteronormativity. Practical strategies for initiating small changes that may lead to substantive change over time to foster more inclusive educational environments for LGBTQIQA individuals were illuminated. This study resulted in 51 school counseling strategies to deconstruct educational heteronormativity. The final strategies can be conceptualized through the following overarching themes: advocacy (9 strategies); protection and enforcement (5 strategies); allies and collaboration (4 strategies); curriculum reform (8 strategies); inclusive language (4 strategies); policy change to promote inclusion (5 strategies); professional development for change (5 strategies); rituals and ethos that promote inclusion (8 strategies); and signs of acceptance and inclusive facilities (3 strategies). These strategies are offered in the context of an overview of the roles of school counselors, queer theory, and educational heteronormativity to demonstrate how school counselors can engage in social justice advocacy through intentional practices.
Degree type
PhD
Degree Name
Doctoral
Language
English
Local Identifiers
Strear_unco_0161D_10412
Rights Statement
Copyright is held by author.
