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Heinz, Manuela; Keane, Elaine; Davison, Kevin – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2023
This paper contributes to debates about gender and diversity in teaching. Exploring the underrepresentation of males, socially constructed as a privileged group, is a complex task for researchers working within a social justice framework. Drawing on a national dataset (N = 5,627), we explore entry patterns to primary and post-primary Initial…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Sex, Undergraduate Students
Samo Varsik; Julia Gorochovskij – OECD Publishing, 2023
Intersectionality highlights that different aspects of individuals' identities are not independent of each other. Instead, they interact to create unique identities and experiences, which cannot be understood by analysing each identity dimension separately or in isolation from their social and historical contexts. Intersectional approaches in this…
Descriptors: Intersectionality, Classification, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
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Browne, Kath – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2020
While feminist and queer pedagogic literatures can celebrate the inclusion of "other lives", and the successes of their endeavours, this paper seeks to focus on the "here" and everyday hegemonies of heterosexualities and masculinities and the "failings" inherent to teaching practices. When engaging Irish and UK…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, Gender Issues
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Neary, Aoife; Gray, Breda; O'Sullivan, Mary – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2018
As legal structures for same-sex relationships are introduced in many contexts, the politics of sexuality are negotiated along religious/secular lines. Religious and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBT-Q) rights are pitted against one another such that LGBT-Q lives often assumed to be secular. Schools are crucibles of intermingling…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Teacher Characteristics
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Bryan, Audrey – Irish Educational Studies, 2017
This paper considers the educational implications of the recent emphasis on the mental health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning/queer (LGBTQ) people in Ireland. Operating from the perspective that discourses constitute rather than merely reflect material reality, thereby shaping or "structuring" how we…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Foreign Countries
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Heinz, Manuela; Keane, Elaine; Davison, Kevin – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2017
While research and policy recommendations internationally have pointed to the need to diversify teaching populations with regard to ethnicity, social class background and, to a lesser extent, dis/ability, there is a paucity of research addressing sexualities as a diversity dimension in teaching. This article explores initial teacher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Preservice Teacher Education, College Applicants
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Fahie, Declan – Irish Educational Studies, 2017
Owing to a variety of complex historical and socio-cultural factors, the Irish education system remains heavily influenced by denominational mores and values [Ferriter, D. 2012. "Occasions of Sin: Sex & Society in Modern Ireland." London: Profile Books], particularly those of the Roman Catholic Church [O'Toole, B. 2015.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity
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Bailey, Susan – Irish Educational Studies, 2017
In September 2013, the Department of Education and Skills introduced revised anti-bullying guidelines which made it compulsory for all schools to ensure that their individual anti-bullying policies include a clause on identity-based bullying, specifically referencing transphobic and homophobic bullying. The introduction of these guidelines would…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Bias, Bullying, Homosexuality
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Neary, Aoife – Irish Educational Studies, 2017
Schools are quasi-public/private organisations and being a teacher involves negotiating personal and professional boundaries. These boundaries have posed particular challenges for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBT-Q) teachers whose everyday lives are complicated by legislative, religious and cultural constraints, moral panics…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Teacher Characteristics
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Moane, Geraldine; Quilty, Aideen – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
This article describes experiences in an Irish context of education programs delivered in 2 communities, 1 based on class (a working class urban community) and 1 based on sexual orientation (an urban lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community). It aims to illustrate how feminist education can play an important role in feminist community…
Descriptors: Feminism, Working Class, Adult Education, Sexual Orientation
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O'Higgins-Norman, James; Goldrick, Michael; Harrison, Kathy – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2009
The aim of this paper is to provide evidence-based guidance for educational practitioners and, in particular, for those in leadership positions in schools, on good practice in developing and implementing school level strategies and actions to promote an appreciation of diversity in schools and society.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Instructional Leadership, Student Attitudes
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McCormack, Orla; Gleeson, Jim – Gender and Education, 2010
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…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Masculinity, Males
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Reygan, Finn – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2009
There is a dearth of research on the experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth in schools in the Republic of Ireland. The current study assessed the school-based experiences of twenty five (N = 25) participants in the BeLonG To LGBT youth group in Dublin city using a mixed design survey instrument. The majority (n = 19) of…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, Sexual Identity
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O'Higgins-Norman, James – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2009
This paper outlines research that was conducted among students, parents, teachers and senior management teams in six secondary schools in the Greater Dublin area of Ireland. The research involved semi-structured interviews and observations. The findings of this research are significant in that it was the first time any data had been gathered on…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Stereotypes, Bullying, Sexual Orientation
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Minton, Stephen James; Dahl, Torunn; O' Moore, Astrid Mona; Tuck, Donnely – Irish Educational Studies, 2008
While developments have been made concerning the understanding of general bullying behaviour in Irish schools, considerably less is known about homophobic bullying. Presented here are the findings of a study into the views and perspectives of a self-selected sample of 123 lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered (LGBT) secondary school-aged young…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Bullying, Young Adults, Foreign Countries
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