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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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Read, Jenna; Sargeant, Cora; Wright, Sarah – Educational & Child Psychology, 2020
Aims: This review aims to identify and explore the specific beliefs that influence children and young people's (CYP's) attitudes towards the transgender population. Method: A systematic review of the literature was undertaken and a total of 14 studies were included in the review. The review included studies from the United States, Europe, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Attitudes, Adolescent Attitudes, Social Attitudes
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Craig, Shelley L.; Iacono, Gio; Paceley, Megan S.; Dentato, Michael P.; Boyle, Kerrie E. H. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2017
Discrimination toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) social work students can negatively affect academic performance and personal and professional identity development. Intersectionality is a conceptual approach that states that social identities interact to form different meanings and experiences from those that could be…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Gender Differences, Social Work, Counselor Training
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Sternod, Brandon M. – Curriculum Inquiry, 2011
In this article, the author examines popular written news media discourse from the United States concerning the "boy crisis," the gender gap, and male teachers as role models employing genealogical methodologies and theoretical concepts suggested by Foucault (1984, 1990, 1995). It is argued that such discourses reveal how "common…
Descriptors: Role Models, News Media, Males, Masculinity
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Klawitter, Marieka – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
This study uses the 2000 U.S. Census data to assess the impact of antidiscrimination policies for sexual orientation on earnings for gays and lesbians. Using a multilevel model allows estimation of the effects of state and local policies on earnings and of variation in the effects of sexual orientation across local labor markets. The results…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Social Change, Economic Opportunities
Rojas-Sosa, Deyanira – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigates how heterosexuality is performed and achieved in everyday language use, specifically in personal ads from the Internet. Within personal ads, it focuses on the metaphors used by ad posters to articulate concepts of love, desire, gender and sexuality. The aim was to determine how the use of certain metaphors reflects ad…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Sexual Orientation, Intimacy, Social Values
Comings, John, Ed.; Garner, Barbara, Ed.; Smith, Cristine, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2004
"The Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research Policy, and Practice, Volume 4" is an addition to a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and learning.…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Sexual Orientation, Adult Literacy, Adult Learning