ERIC Number: EJ1174015
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 11
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From Liberal Acceptance to Intolerance: Discourses on Sexual Diversity in Schools by Portuguese Young People
Santos, Hugo; da Silva, Sofia Marques; Menezes, Isabel
Journal of Social Science Education, v17 n1 p55-65 Spr 2018
Purpose: This article explores different strands of educational discourse about sexual diversity in Portuguese schools, from the students' perspectives. Method: The methodological approach consisted in conducting focus groups discussions: 36 with 232 young students (H = 106, M = 126) in 12 public secondary schools. Findings: Students reveal a polyphony of discourses that gravitate between liberal acceptance, conditional acceptance and intolerance. Research implications: Attention is drawn not only to discriminatory processes that question school as a democratic place for LGBT youth, but also to the gap between what is legally decreed and a lack of know-how in the approach to sexual diversity in school.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Student Diversity, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Homosexuality, Social Bias, Peer Acceptance, Focus Groups, Discourse Analysis, Social Discrimination, Educational Environment, Democracy, Inclusion, Bullying, Qualitative Research, Data Analysis, Participant Observation, Ethnography
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Portugal
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