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ERIC Number: EJ1039911
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Jun
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1871-1502
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[Re]Considering Queer Theories and Science Education
Fifield, Steve; Letts, Will
Cultural Studies of Science Education, v9 n2 p393-407 Jun 2014
We take Mattias Lundin's "Inviting queer ideas into the science classroom: studying sexual education from a queer perspective" as a point of departure to explore some enduring issues related to the use of queer theories to interrogate science education and its practices. We consider the uneasy, polygamous relationship between gay and lesbian studies and queer theories; the border surveillance that characterizes so much of science [education]; the alluring call of binaries and binary thinking; the "all" within the catchcry "science for all"; and the need to better engage the fullness of science and the curriculum, in addition to noting silences around diverse sexes, sexualities, and desires. We catalogue some of the challenges that persist in this work, and offer thoughts about how to work with and against them to enact a more just and compelling science education.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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