gender play as a natural expression of the differences between girls and boys. Other
teachers, noticing the gender stereotypes, might assume that the children are simply …

The importance of quality education provision for all is a globally acknowledged principle for
the creation of sustainable learning environments at primary and secondary levels. This …

Winner of the 2018 Literacy Research Association's Edward B. Fry Book Award Drawing on
examples of teaching from elementary school classrooms, this timely book for practitioners …

Increased visibility of transgender children requires elementary school professionals to take
on issues of gender diversity, sex and sexuality, which are considered taboo in elementary …

Around the world, LGBTQ+ activists have won an unprecedented series of political victories,
from marriage equality to increased representation in government. But this success has …

Concern for school-based homophobia is increasing, yet there is a tendency to focus on
individual incidents of homophobic bullying rather than the cultural and institutional factors …

This paper is based on an ethnographic study conducted between 2012 and 2014 with a
group of 64 boys and girls aged 6–10, all attending the same township primary school in …

It is well established that schools are not neutral sites for gender and sexualities, shaping
(often heteronormative) school spaces. This paper augments examinations of the …

This essay explores what it might mean to read children's literature in elementary school
classrooms through a queer lens. The authors argue that because queer theory has a …

This article examines the legacy of Section 28 of the Local Government Act in England for
LGBT+ school teachers between 1988 and the repeal of the Section in 2003. Section 28 …