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This book addresses policy research on homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools. It covers quantitative and qualitative research into policy impacts for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex students. It draws on a large-scale Australian study of the impacts of different kinds of policy at the national, state, sector and school level. The study covers over 80 policies, interviews with key policy informants and survey data from 3,134 GLBTIQ students. Since new guidelines were released by UNESCO, homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools has become a key area of interest around the world. There has been much pressure on educational leadership to engage with these issues since the UN released international human rights legislation on sexual orientation and gender identity that have implications for student rights.The book presents statistically significant correlations between specific types of state and school level education policies that explicitly named homophobia/ GLBTIQ student issues, and lowered incidence of homophobic bullying, lowered risk of suicide and self-harm for these students. It includes stories from policy makers on how the policies came to be (through lawsuits, ministerial inquiries and political activism), right through to the stories of students themselves and how they individually felt the impacts of policies or policy lacks. International contexts of homophobic and transphobic bullying are discussed, as well as recent transnational work in this field. The book considers the different types of collaborations that can lead to further policy development, the transferability of the research and some of the benefits and problems with transnational policy adoptions.

Education. --- Educational Policy and Politics. --- Administration, Organization and Leadership. --- Sociology of Education. --- Education --- Social Sciences --- Education, Special Topics --- Homosexuality and education. --- Intersexuality. --- Gays. --- Bisexuals. --- Bi people --- Bis (Bisexuals) --- Bisexual people --- Gay people --- Gay persons --- Homosexuals --- Bisexuality (Biology) --- Hermaphroditism --- Intersex conditions --- Education and homosexuality --- School management and organization. --- School administration. --- Educational policy. --- ducation and state. --- Educational sociology. --- Education and sociology. --- Sociology, Educational. --- Sexual minorities --- Sex (Biology) --- Persons --- Education and state. --- Education and sociology --- Social problems in education --- Society and education --- Sociology, Educational --- Sociology --- Administration, Educational --- Educational administration --- Inspection of schools --- Operation policies, School --- Policies, School operation --- School administration --- School inspection --- School operation policies --- School organization --- Schools --- Management --- Organization --- Education policy --- Educational policy --- State and education --- Social policy --- Endowment of research --- Aims and objectives --- Inspection --- Management and organization --- Government policy

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This Open Access book uses the concept of ‘euphoria’ to investigate when, why and how marginal gender, sex and sexuality groups have positive experiences of their diverse variations even within repressive and disordering contexts. Drawing on data from multiple online surveys including a study of 2,407 LGBTQ+ people and a study of 272 people with intersex variations, it names and offers a new ecological framework for understanding participants’ influences on and barriers to euphorias, asserting the subversive possibilities of being euphorically queer, as opposed to euphoric and queer. The author argues that it is the particularities of negative internal, socio-cultural and institutional contexts for a marginal group or groups that contributes towards the possibilities that shape their potential euphoric feelings and experiences. Ultimately, she calls for a more expansive focus in gender and sexuality studies to show the complex effects of dysphoria and repression on the possibilities of pleasure and joy. This book will be of interest to scholars across Gender, Sexuality and Queer Studies.

Sex. --- Queer theory. --- Human body—Social aspects. --- Sexuality Studies. --- Queer Studies. --- Gender Studies. --- Sociology of the Body. --- Gender identity --- Gender (Sex) --- Human beings --- Human sexuality --- Sex (Gender) --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Sexuality --- Sexology

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This book is based on a comparative study from 2018, of four different approaches to education, according to 2,500 Australians’ experiences of them, on a range of topics. It shows that whilst the critical approach has strong research-based support across the board, sometimes a liberal, conservative or post-modern approach may have some merit for certain outcomes. This is a book about challenging our biases and calling on ourselves to aim higher for education, than what our own pre-conceived ideas might allow. What and who is valued in education, and the social roles and identity messages learned, differ wildly from school to school. Education is most impacted by the orientation of education dominant in that context – whether conservative, liberal, critical or post-modern. These terms are often used with little practical data on the real-life schooling they entail. Who learns what in which approach? Who learns best with which approach, on which topic and why? This book provides this previously missing information. It offers holistic, detailed descriptions of conservative, liberal, critical and post-modern approaches to education broadly. It provides statistics and stories from real students on how the four approaches work practically in schools in relation to: age, gender, sexuality, social class, race, news-media, popular culture and technology. Chapters offer background information to the four perspectives, data from student participants, tutorial questions and activities, and suggestions for further reading.

Educational sociology --- Students --- Attitudes. --- Pupils --- School life --- Student life and customs --- Persons --- Education --- Educational sociology. --- Education and state. --- Higher education. --- Education—Philosophy. --- Sociology of Education. --- Education Policy. --- Higher Education. --- Educational Philosophy. --- College students --- Higher education --- Postsecondary education --- Universities and colleges --- Education policy --- Educational policy --- State and education --- Social policy --- Endowment of research --- Education and sociology --- Social problems in education --- Society and education --- Sociology, Educational --- Sociology --- Government policy --- Aims and objectives

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This book examines how Performance or Outcomes Based Funding (POBF) policies impact racial equity in higher education. Over the last decade, higher education has become entrenched in a movement that holds colleges and universities more accountable to its supporters. There are pressures to answer questions about student outcomes and performance, the value of education, the effectiveness of instructors, and the ability of existing leaders to manage efficiently and effectively. It is within this climate that states have adopted POBF policies. Through POBF, public colleges and universities receive state funding through formulas that no longer rely solely on student enrollment, but are instead based on student outcomes. This book provides an overview for policymakers of how racial equity has been addressed, the impact of these approaches, and recommendations for moving forward. .

Education. --- School management and organization. --- School administration. --- Educational policy. --- ducation and state. --- Assessment. --- Higher education. --- Higher Education. --- Administration, Organization and Leadership. --- Educational Policy and Politics. --- Assessment, Testing and Evaluation. --- Education, Higher --- Competency-based education --- Government aid to higher education. --- Finance. --- State aid to higher education --- Competency training --- OBE (Education) --- Outcome-based education --- Outcomes-based education --- Performance-based education --- Government aid --- Education --- Universities and colleges --- Finance --- Education, Higher. --- Educational tests and measuremen. --- College students --- Higher education --- Postsecondary education --- Education and state. --- Education policy --- Educational policy --- State and education --- Social policy --- Endowment of research --- Administration, Educational --- Educational administration --- Inspection of schools --- Operation policies, School --- Policies, School operation --- School administration --- School inspection --- School operation policies --- School organization --- Schools --- Management --- Organization --- Government policy --- Inspection --- Management and organization