TY - JOUR
T1 - The capacity of South Australian primary school teachers and preservice teachers to work with trans and gender diverse students
AU - Bartholomaeus, Clare
AU - Riggs, Damien
AU - Andrew, Yarrow
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - Growing numbers of young people are disclosing that they are trans or gender diverse, requiring affirming and informed responses from schools. This article reports on a survey examining attitudes towards inclusion, comfort, and confidence amongst 180 South Australian primary school teachers and pre-service teachers. The findings suggest that women held more positive attitudes and had greater comfort in working with trans and gender diverse students than men, and that awareness of programs designed to increase understanding was related to more positive attitudes, and greater comfort and confidence. The article discusses the need for further training alongside additional resourcing of initiatives aimed at facilitating inclusion.
AB - Growing numbers of young people are disclosing that they are trans or gender diverse, requiring affirming and informed responses from schools. This article reports on a survey examining attitudes towards inclusion, comfort, and confidence amongst 180 South Australian primary school teachers and pre-service teachers. The findings suggest that women held more positive attitudes and had greater comfort in working with trans and gender diverse students than men, and that awareness of programs designed to increase understanding was related to more positive attitudes, and greater comfort and confidence. The article discusses the need for further training alongside additional resourcing of initiatives aimed at facilitating inclusion.
KW - Beliefs
KW - Elementary education
KW - Gender issues
KW - Multicultural education
KW - Teacher education
KW - Transgender
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85016013115&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2017.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2017.03.006
M3 - Article
SN - 0742-051X
VL - 65
SP - 127
EP - 135
JO - Teaching and Teacher Education
JF - Teaching and Teacher Education
ER -