Safe Schools And The Politicisation Of School Curricula

Education
May 9, 2018
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6.30-8pm
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The Alderman (upstairs) 134 Lygon St. East Brunswick
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45 minute talk 45 minute discussion
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The Safe Schools program aims to help schools foster a safe environment that is supportive and inclusive of LGBTI students, but few school programs have received such sustained political and public attention, or generated such polarised responses. Can we really expect anything else though, when a curriculum challenges mainstream views and actively pushes for social and cultural change? In this session, we will take a look at the history and future of the Safe Schools program and curriculum, and the politicisation of anti-bullying and other sexuality education curricula in Australian schools. How have programs like this struck a balance between the expectations and opinions of students, parents, educators, politicians and the public? And what prospects are there for finding a way through the current public and political discourse on Safe Schools in Australia, and on sexuality education in schools more broadly? 
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Safe Schools And The Politicisation Of School Curricula