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The Nature of Institutional Heteronormativity in Primary Schools and Practice-Based Responses
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DePalma, Renee; Atkinson, Elizabeth – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
Concern for school-based homophobia is increasing, yet there is a tendency to focus on individual incidents of homophobic bullying rather than the cultural and institutional factors supporting them. We analyse ways in which institutional heteronormativity operates in primary schools and report results from our research in UK schools that…
Descriptors: Action Research, Homosexuality, Participatory Research, Discourse Analysis
"No Outsiders": Moving beyond a Discourse of Tolerance to Challenge Heteronormativity in Primary Schools
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DePalma, Renee; Atkinson, Elizabeth – British Educational Research Journal, 2009
In this paper we describe a UK-based participatory action research project that looks beyond the discourse of tolerance to investigate and challenge heteronormative processes in primary schools through reflective action research. This 28-month ESRC-funded project supports 15 primary teachers working in schools in three regions of the UK to develop…
Descriptors: Action Research, Participatory Research, Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools