Jonathan G Silin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1263511 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan G Silin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan G |
| FAMILY NAME | Silin |
| SIGNATURE | SILIN J G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9235-8883 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Two gay men talk about teaching
Written as a conversation, this article is a dialogue between two gay male teachers and education scholars of different generations about their experiences in classrooms, in academia, and in life. Together, they unpack the tensions between simultaneously embodying the positions of gay man and teacher while reflecting upon their experiences having navigated said tensions both pedagogically in their time as classroom teachers and theoretically in t…
Viable vulnerabilities
In 2025 we all live with a heightened sense of vulnerability. Daily, the rights of children and families are breeched in unconscionable ways. It is ever more urgent to sustain a sense of hopefulness and to imagine the world otherwise. All hope involves risk, and risk entails vulnerability to failure. Commonly understood as signaling potential physical or psychological harm, in some contexts vulnerability may be a source of strength and connectivi…
Hide and seek
We live in a culture that teaches us to value being seen and heard above all else. In early childhood classrooms teachers are encouraged to create individual spaces for every child and to artfully display their work as it is created. Especially in Euro-Western, neoliberal contexts, policy and curricula commonly call for early childhood professionals to pay special attention to children and families who come from immigrant or otherwise marginalize…
The Teacher as Accidental Archivist
The day my partner of 30 years, the photographer Robert Giard, died, I became an archivist. There were the many artifacts of daily life that take on extraordinary meaning at times of intense grief and there was also the large body of work—thousands of photographic prints, negatives, contact sheets, diaries, and workbooks—that he left in my care. In this essay I explore the complex emotions that creating a functional archive elicited in me and the…
Reading, writing, and the wrath of my father
The author, a researcher, teacher educator, and early childhood educator, uses autobiography and personal narrative to explore the learning of language and use of literacy in the early years of life
My Father, His Psychiatrists, and Me
My father is at an age when the body breaks down beyond repair. This essay describes my attempts to sustain what little sense of autonomy is left to him within the constraints of his physical limitations and to contain the anger generated by them. As I negotiate with a host of medical authorities, the most vexing of whom is the all-important psychopharmacologist, I am reminded of earlier interactions between my father's psychiatrists and me. Thes…
Teaching as a Gay Man
Research Article| January 01 1999 Teaching as a Gay Man: Pedagogical Resistance or Public Spectacle? Jonathan G. Silin Jonathan G. Silin Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (1999) 5 (1): 95–106. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-5-1-95 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Jonathan G. Silin; Teaching as a Gay Man: Pedagogical Resistance or Public Spectacle?. GLQ 1 January 1999; 5 (1): 9…
Teaching as a Gay Man
Research Article| January 01 1999 Teaching as a Gay Man: Pedagogical Resistance or Public Spectacle? Jonathan G. Silin Jonathan G. Silin Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (1999) 5 (1): 95–106. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-5-1-95 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Jonathan G. Silin; Teaching as a Gay Man: Pedagogical Resistance or Public Spectacle?. GLQ 1 January 1999; 5 (1): 9…
Teaching as a Gay Man
Research Article| January 01 1999 Teaching as a Gay Man: Pedagogical Resistance or Public Spectacle? Jonathan G. Silin Jonathan G. Silin Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (1999) 5 (1): 95–106. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-5-1-95 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Jonathan G. Silin; Teaching as a Gay Man: Pedagogical Resistance or Public Spectacle?. GLQ 1 January 1999; 5 (1): 9…
My Father, His Psychiatrists, and Me
My father is at an age when the body breaks down beyond repair. This essay describes my attempts to sustain what little sense of autonomy is left to him within the constraints of his physical limitations and to contain the anger generated by them. As I negotiate with a host of medical authorities, the most vexing of whom is the all-important psychopharmacologist, I am reminded of earlier interactions between my father's psychiatrists and me. Thes…
Reading, writing, and the wrath of my father
The author, a researcher, teacher educator, and early childhood educator, uses autobiography and personal narrative to explore the learning of language and use of literacy in the early years of life
The Teacher as Accidental Archivist
The day my partner of 30 years, the photographer Robert Giard, died, I became an archivist. There were the many artifacts of daily life that take on extraordinary meaning at times of intense grief and there was also the large body of work—thousands of photographic prints, negatives, contact sheets, diaries, and workbooks—that he left in my care. In this essay I explore the complex emotions that creating a functional archive elicited in me and the…
Hide and seek
We live in a culture that teaches us to value being seen and heard above all else. In early childhood classrooms teachers are encouraged to create individual spaces for every child and to artfully display their work as it is created. Especially in Euro-Western, neoliberal contexts, policy and curricula commonly call for early childhood professionals to pay special attention to children and families who come from immigrant or otherwise marginalize…
Viable vulnerabilities
In 2025 we all live with a heightened sense of vulnerability. Daily, the rights of children and families are breeched in unconscionable ways. It is ever more urgent to sustain a sense of hopefulness and to imagine the world otherwise. All hope involves risk, and risk entails vulnerability to failure. Commonly understood as signaling potential physical or psychological harm, in some contexts vulnerability may be a source of strength and connectivi…
Two gay men talk about teaching
Written as a conversation, this article is a dialogue between two gay male teachers and education scholars of different generations about their experiences in classrooms, in academia, and in life. Together, they unpack the tensions between simultaneously embodying the positions of gay man and teacher while reflecting upon their experiences having navigated said tensions both pedagogically in their time as classroom teachers and theoretically in t…
Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works)