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Homophobia, Transphobia, Young People and the Question of Responsibility
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Rasmussen, Mary Lou; Sanjakdar, Fida; Allen, Louisa; Quinlivan, Kathleen; Bromdal, Annette – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2017
Young people may face conflicting and confusing messages about what it means to respond well in relation to homophobia and transphobia. Consequently, we ask--What might it mean to respond well to homophobia and transphobia? This strategy, inspired by Anika Thiem and Judith Butler, is recognition of the ambivalent conditions which structure…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity
Gender, Race, and Justifications for Group Exclusion: Urban Black Students Bussed to Affluent Suburban Schools
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Ispa-Landa, Simone – Sociology of Education, 2013
Relational theories of gender conceptualize masculinity and femininity as mutually constitutive. Using a relational approach, I analyzed ethnographic and interview data from male and female black adolescents in Grades 8 through 10 enrolled in ''Diversify,'' an urban-to-suburban racial integration program ("n" = 38).…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, African American Students, Racial Factors, Urban Schools
Running into Trouble: Constructions of Danger and Risk in Girls' Access to Outdoor Space and Physical Activity
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Clark, Sheryl – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
This paper considers girls' participation in running and other outdoor physical activities in their local areas in London, UK. The paper is concerned with the operation of risk discourses in and around this participation and looks at the way that such discourses impacted on girls' opportunities to take part in physical activities that required…
Descriptors: Females, Participation, Physical Activities, Foreign Countries
Civilized and Uncivilized Behaviors in the Classroom: An Example from the Teachers and Students from the Second Stage of Primary Education
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Apaydin, Çigdem; Seçkin, Munise – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
Purpose of this study was to investigate civilized and uncivilized behaviors in the classroom, the emotions and reactions towards them, as well as the strategies aiming to prevent these kinds of behaviors from the point of view of students and teachers attending second stage of primary education (6th, 7th and 8th grades). As a qualitative research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
A Mixed-Methods Study: Motivational Aspects of a Summer Reading Program for Young Adolescents with Low Reading Achievement
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Strahler, Brianna R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Throughout the United States, school districts are integrating programs into their reading curricula in response to an increased focus on reading achievement. While many school districts are implementing successful remedial and after-school programs, their approach does not include providing literacy instruction for students during summer…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Summer Programs
Queering Physical Education. Between Benevolence towards Girls and a Tribute to Masculinity
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Larsson, Hakan; Fagrell, Birgitta; Redelius, Karin – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2009
Background: Research on PE indicates that the subject is marked by rather stable gendered patterns of behaviour and perceptions of the subject. This paper marks an attempt to outline a theoretical approach that makes it possible to interpret what is going on in the gym in a way that might challenge the reproduction of gender. Purpose: To…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Sex Stereotypes, Females