Fault Lines in the Contact Zone

The Attitudes of Australian Heterosexuals Toward Same-Sex Parents

“…Efforts to reduce sexual prejudice have largely taken place in school settings and include role-playing, psychodramas, and journal writing (Mager & Sulek, 1997;Miller, 1994;Phifer, 1994;Regan, 1993). Other researchers have implemented and evaluated the efficacy of teaching units on sexual prejudice (e.g., Van de Ven, 1995;Wright & Cullen, 2001).…”

The naturalist approach among future educational leaders: an Israeli case study

“…The need to balance between the students and their faculty may be supported by Kain (2003) and Miller (1994)'s studies illustrating the complexities that educators face in aligning theory with practice, and the limits of theory in helping educators create useful assignments, manage potentially confrontational classrooms, evaluate student responses and figure out how to balance the perspectives of teacher and student.…”

Including All Voices in the Classroom: Teaching Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Students

“…Miller (1994) advocated creating classrooms where conflict among different viewpoints becomes central to the teaching-learning process, but he warned against establishing "an environment that is relentlessly threatening, where not feeling safe comes to mean the same thing as feeling terrified" (396).…”