Sexual and Gender Diversity in Schools: Belonging, In/Exclusion and the African Child

Autor/in	Reygan, Finn
Titel	Sexual and Gender Diversity in Schools: Belonging, In/Exclusion and the African Child
Quelle	In: Perspectives in Education, 36 (2018) 2, S.90-102 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0258-2236
Schlagwörter	Power Structure; Race; Gender Differences; Social Class; Sexual Identity; Sexual Orientation; LGBTQ People; Educational Policy; Inclusion; Educational Resources; Teacher Education; Homosexuality; Fear; Violence; Educational Environment; Foreign Countries; Social Isolation; Racial Bias; Social Justice; Textbooks; Elementary Secondary Education; Teaching Methods; Social Bias; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rasse; Abstammung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Sexuelle Orientierung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Inklusion; Bildungsmittel; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Homosexualität; Furcht; Gewalt; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Ausland; Soziale Isolation; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The school system in South Africa has only in recent years begun to more deeply grapple with issues of power and privilege along a number of axes of oppression including race, gender, class and recently, sexual and gender diversity. As a result, learners who embody sexual and gender diversity experiences spaces of belonging and exclusion in school settings. As a result, this paper asks: What needs to be done in the school system to reconstruct the "African child" to include sexual and gender diversity? Possibilities include inclusive policy implementation; inclusive learning and teaching resource materials; teacher preparedness to teach about and affirm sexual and gender diversity in the classroom and a clear rejection of homophobic and transphobic violence. The lessons learnt through the process of challenging racism in the school system -- such as around essentialising, othering and systemic violence -- have yet to be fully applied to sexual and gender diversity in schools. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of the Free State Faculty of Education. P.O. Box 339, Bioemfontein 9300, South Africa. Tel: +27-51-401-2368; e-mail: PiE@ufs.ac.za; Web site: http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/pie/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01