Title: Experiencing Empathy Through LGBTQ+ Literature
Stream: Learning Experiences, Student Learning & Learner Diversity
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
Authors:
Shawnee McPhail, Capella University, Japan
Abstract:
LGBTQ+ students and teachers exist in our classrooms, and yet many schools struggle on how to, or even if they should support these individuals. As educators, we strive to support diversity in the classroom and in our schools. The English classroom is a way to do this, and yet many teachers do not teach texts that center on LGBTQ+ characters and themes. This current study was done to gain insight into the experience of empathy through narrative transportation when students read literature that is not part of the traditional literary canon; it may also help provide insight into how to use LGBTQ+ literature in a classroom. The purpose of this study was to explore how learners described their experience reading literature with LGBTQ+ characters and themes, as non-members of the LGBTQ+ community. In this present study, non- LGBTQ+ college students described their experiences of reading a novel with LGBTQ+ characters from the formers’ perspectives. The target population for this study was cisgender, heterosexual, traditionally-aged college students, defined as 18-35 years of age.
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