This paper provides a framework for analysing teachers' various modes of positioning towards LGBT students, generated from their understanding of the concept of teacher professionalism. The main research question of the empirical study, conducted through application of focus groups, is how secondary school educators understand the concept of…

Studies on the history of sexual violence against women are well known (Kalra & Bhugra 2013; O'Toole et al., 2007; Terry & Hoare 2007), but not a lot of attention has been paid to the history of women who were treated in psychiatric hospitals for the consequences of sexual trauma. Most experts considered the history of sexual abuse of…

Various curriculum resources have emerged over the last decades, but the textbook still remains the most used teaching and learning resource in mathematics classrooms. In this paper, we use a case study to analyse the teaching practice of one mathematics teacher. The aim of the study is to examine how the mathematics teacher interacts with the…

Environmental education (EE) is now clearly specified in educational standards in many parts of the world, and at the same time the view of language learning is moving towards a content and language integrated learning (CLIL) strategy, to make English lessons more relevant and attractive for students (Eurydice, 2006). In this respect,…