Description
This book showcases and celebrates the work of Gender and Sexuality Education scholars in order to challenge current negative interpretations of the field, and work towards new shared visions. The editors and contributors call for, affirm and offer examples of pathways towards exciting and dynamic collaborative work in Gender and Sexuality in Education. In doing so, they also acknowledge the various complexities of this field, and detail the context-specific barriers faced by academics and activists. Drawing upon a range of global case studies, this book sets out information and advice from cross-sector experts to set an agenda of mutual supportiveness, and to smooth pathways for future collaboration. Above all, this book is a call to action to uplift the field – and each other – in challenging environments. This ground-breaking book will be of interest and value to scholars of Gender and Sexuality Education research. Tiffany Jones is ARC DECRA Fellow at Macquarie University, Australia and Associate Professor at La Trobe University, Australia. She researches and publishes on LGBTIQ+ issues in education and health policy. Leanne Coll is Lecturer in Health and Physical Education at Deakin University, Australia. Her research interests with young people centre on the conditions of possibility for transformational learning related to gender and sexualities in schooling. Lisa van Leent is Senior Lecturer in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. She researches teacher support in relation to sex education, particularly in regards to diverse sexualities, and the improvement in support for LGBTIQ+ students in schools. Yvette Taylor is Professor of Education at the University of Strathclyde, UK. She is also editor of the series Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education. SECTION I. The landscapes of gender and sexuality education research.- Chapter 1. Conceptualisation landscapes: Overview of global gender and sexuality constructions; Tiffany Jones.- Chapter 2. Social landscapes: A conservative turn for Russian gender and sexuality education; Dmitrii S. Tolkachev and Varvara M. Vasileva.- Chapter 3. Media landscapes: ‘Meet the Maker’ – The highs and lows of translating gender and sexuality research into practice; Debbie Ollis.- Chapter 4. Developmental landscapes: Milestones in the development of sexual orientation of lesbian, gay and bisexual adolescents in Israel; Uri Eick, Guy Shilo, Shai Hertz, Inbal Ketzef and Aylon Slayer.- Chapter 5. Legal landscapes: Laws impacting gender and sexuality education research; Tiffany Jones.- SECTION II. Doing gender and sexuality education research differently.- Chapter 6. Ruler-skirt risings: being crafty with how gender and sexuality education research-activisms can come to matter; Emma Renold.- Chapter 7. Re-doing teacher education: Joyful differences? Australian queer teacher educators and social justice education; Emily Gray.- Chapter 8. Re-doing teaching: Teachers’ conceptions of ‘sex education’; Lisa van Leent.- Chapter 9. Re-doing research: Best practice for asking about gender and sexuality in education studies; Tiffany Jones.- SECTION III. Carving out careers in gender and sexuality education research.- Chapter 10. Carving out qualifications: Mastering PhD problems in post-graduate gender and sexuality study; Tiffany Jones, Alison Rahn, Lucille Kerr, Paulina Ezer, Mandy Henningham, Andrea del Pozo de Bolger, Chloe Parkinson, Jessica Ison.- Chapter 11. Carving out pathways: Dear Doctor gender and sexuality researcher; Tiffany Jones, Raewyn Connell, Anne Mitchell, Victor Minichiello, Carolyn D-Cruz, Kerry Robinson, Yvette Taylor.- Chapter 12. Memoirs and manifestos for early career researchers in gender and sexuality education research; Leanne Coll, Lisa van Leent, Annette Brmdal in collaboration with Jessica Fields, Kerry Robinson, Jane Kenway, Nelson Rodriguez, Helen Sauntson, Georgiann Davis, Becky Francis, Susan Stryker, Lynne Hiller, Emma Renold, Yvette Taylor and Jessica Ringrose
