Attitudes of Parents of Young Men towards the Inclusion of Sexual Orientation and Homophobia on the Irish Post-Primary Curriculum

Autor/inn/en	McCormack, Orla; Gleeson, Jim
Titel	Attitudes of Parents of Young Men towards the Inclusion of Sexual Orientation and Homophobia on the Irish Post-Primary Curriculum
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 22 (2010) 4, S.385-400 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
Schlagwörter	Sexual Orientation; Homosexuality; Masculinity; Males; Parent Attitudes; Social Attitudes; Social Bias; Foreign Countries; Single Sex Schools; Elementary Schools; Teacher Competencies; Curriculum; Bullying; Secondary Schools; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexuelle Orientierung; Homosexualität; Männlichkeit; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Elternverhalten; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Ausland; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrkunst; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Mobbing; Sekundarschule; Irland
Abstract	The "Exploring Masculinities" (EM) programme was piloted in 22 Irish single-sex boys' post-primary schools during the late 1990s. Following objections from some influential journalists and an organisation representing parents whose sons attended Catholic secondary schools, the Minister for Education and Science put the planned dissemination of the programme on hold. The concerns of the objectors included the proposed treatment of sexual orientation and homophobia in the context of the school curriculum. The authors researched the views of a national sample of the parents of young men regarding the inclusion of social and personal education issues on the school curriculum. The vast majority of parents would welcome the inclusion of all EM topics including sexual orientation and homophobia, the focus of the current paper, on the school curriculum. However, parents did express concerns in relation to the adequacy of teacher development for dealing with such sensitive topics and possible conflict between school and parental values. (Contains 1 table and 4 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10