On this page we gathered pedagogical guidance materials that the “Who is in the classroom” working group produced as part of the Teaching to Transgress Toolbox programme.
The Pronoun Round (video)
A conversation between MC Coble, Nika Dahlberg-Melin and Eva Weinmayr that took place in Jan 2020 to prepare for the first TTTT workshop in Brussels. You can watch the conversation, send it to your students or your colleagues, or show clips from this conversation during class. (53:55 min).
Index of topics
- 0:25
- your experience with pronoun rounds
- 2:30
- language is something that we form
- 5:22
- thats why the pronoun round is crucial now
- 7:30
- not having to do all the legwork
- 8:14
- what’s the "pass" in a pronoun round
- 9.17
- there are many different moments in a pronoun round
- 11.24
- every time someone stands up for you there is a little crack in the structure
- 13.00
- name tags
- 15:39
- a proper introduction to the pronoun round is key
- 16.50
- the importance of correct gendering
- 18:33
- then I am turning it on myself
- 19.30
- reduced to someone who has a mental health issue
- 20.13
- if I as a teacher misgender someone
- 21:27
- how can I not assume gender
- 22.35
- just flip it and move on
- 24:00
- we can practice it
- 26:40
- things are not always as they seem / learning how to unlearn
- 28:00
- the freedom of speech argument is really worn out
- 30:00
- it’s a question of access
- 30:30
- we had a discussion about gender toilets
- 31:00
- a small shift that changes the whole thinking
- 32:32
- names
- 34:40
- sometimes I feel I have two jobs
- 36:13
- as teachers we need to take responsibility
- 38:35
- the classroom is a space where we want to learn
- 40.00
- the snap (quite privileged to not have this bend all the time)
- 43:30
- thats not stuff I have always known or felt
- 45: 53
- does the passage from "she to he" perhaps just confirm the binary?
- 46:55
- what does non-binary mean?
- 47:47
- it’s not the binary that the problem, it’s the patriarchal expectations connected to it
- 49:00
- it expands our world, our thinking and possibilities
- 51:35
- feeling safe to try things out in the classroom
- 52:33
- … and allies
- 53:03
- this is fundamental ground work in educational settings
The Pronoun Go-Round Guide in English, French, Swedish (handout)
You can download the PDF of this guide on how to facilitate a pronoun go-round with students, colleagues or peers.
- Download Guide, English, PDF 24 pages
- Download Guide, Swedish, PDF 24 pages
- Download Guide, French, PDF 24 pages
You can print it out as an A5 size zine. Take a A4 size paper, tick the option “booklet” and “double-sided” in your print menu.
Fold the pages in the middle. If you have a stapler at hand, or even thread and needle, you can stick the folded A4 sheets together to a beautiful A5 zine.
