ERIC Number: EJ810977
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Publication Date: 2008-Aug
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Speaking the Unspeakable in Forbidden Places: Addressing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality in the Primary School
Allan, Alexandra; Atkinson, Elizabeth; Brace, Elizabeth; DePalma, Renee; Hemingway, Judy
Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, v8 n3 p315-328 Aug 2008
The present paper interrogates the ways in which school is produced as a particular bounded place (or collection of places) where sexuality, and particularly non-heterosexuality, is carefully policed by these boundaries. Drawing upon data generated in primary schools during a nationwide action research project ("No Outsiders"), we focus on three very different school places: the classroom, the staffroom and a school-based after-school art club. Our analysis engages with the contingency of place-making to show that place is neither a unitary experience nor a neutral stage upon which social relations are enacted. The three vignettes analysed offer insights into the critical potential of consciously and persistently working across (apparently) boundaried spaces within and beyond schools. (Contains 5 notes.)
Descriptors: Action Research, Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Elementary Schools, Art Education, After School Programs, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Teacher Researchers, Teaching Methods, Educational Research, Social Environment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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