A Lot of Sex, a Little Chalk, Almost no Eraser and Many Tests: School Scenes Involving Gender and Sexuality

Authors

  • Fernando Seffner Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2011000200017

Abstract

The text focuses on reporting and analyzing school scenes, as a result of ethnography in elementary and middle school classrooms in Porto Alegre, Brazil. In these scenes questions of gender and sexuality are involved. The scenes selected deal with issues involving the school’s educational autonomy; scientific learning and socialization processes in the school environment; secular public education; appreciation of diversity; inclusion strategies; policies of gender equity; quality of school learning; role of the teacher as an adult reference; specificities of public education. Preference is given to intersections of gender and sexuality with race, social class, religion, morals and family generation. In the end, we establish some general principles for working with gender and sexuality in school.

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Author Biography

Fernando Seffner, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Possui graduação em História (1987), mestrado em Sociologia (1995) e doutorado no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação (2003), todos pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Foi bolsista individual do Programa de População da Fundação MacArthur (1995-2000). Atualmente é professor adjunto da UFRGS, docente e orientador junto ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação na linha de pesquisa educação, sexualidade e relações de gênero. Coordena o Grupo de Estudos em Educação e Relações de Gênero (GEERGE). Sua ênfase de pesquisa são as pedagogias de produção das masculinidades.

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Published

2011-01-01

How to Cite

Seffner, F. (2011). A Lot of Sex, a Little Chalk, Almost no Eraser and Many Tests: School Scenes Involving Gender and Sexuality. Revista Estudos Feministas, 19(2), 561. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2011000200017

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Dossiers

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