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Author:   Dennis A. Francis ,  Jón Ingvar Kjaran ,  Jukka Lehtonen
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030416126

ISBN 10:   3030416127
Pages:   297
Publication Date:   07 April 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"1. Introduction: The synergistic potential of the outreach work and activism of queer social movements and schools.- 2. Educational Outreach Work in Nordic Countries: Challenges, Tensions and Contradictions for Queering Schools and Teaching about Sexual and Gender Diversity.- 3. Embodying responsibility? Understanding educators' engagement in queer educational justice work in schools.- 4. Challenges to LGBTQI inclusive education and queer activism in Taiwan.- 5. The Sexual Diversity Pastoral Care Group and the Catholic Schools in Chile: An attempt to confront heteronormativity in school spaces.- 6. Education as activism: Sexual dissidence and schooling in Spain.- 7. Queer activism and non-formal outreach work in Iran: Creating a community of support and learning.- 8. Queer Intersectional outreach actions to prevent LGBTQ+ prejudice and discrimination in schools: the Brazilian context and analysis of a local experience.- 9. We're here, we're queer... but are we in schools? Lessons learned from a multicountry project across Eastern and Southern Africa.- 10. ""I'm queer and that's ok"" Sharing autobiographical stories as a key method of queer activism in Austrian schools.- 11. ""I decided to teach... despite the anger"": using Forum Theatre to connect queer activists, teachers and school leaders to address heterosexism in schools.- 12. Intersex and education: What can schools and queer school projects learn from current discourses on intersex in Austria.- 13. Conclusions: Queering 'Politics of Pain' through activism and educational outreach work."

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Dennis A. Francis is Professor of Sociology at Stellenbosch University and former Dean of Education at University of the Free State, South Africa. Jón Ingvar Kjaran is Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Iceland. Jukka Lehtonen is Senior Researcher in Gender Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

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