Homophobic Bullying: Research and Theoretical Perspectives
Ian Rivers
Abstract
This book provides a review of key studies that have shaped the way we view homophobia in educational contexts. Using theories and ideas drawn from various disciplines, the book demonstrates how bullying is a complex social process wherein perpetrators are supported by active confederates, passive bystanders and indifferent onlookers. Homophobic Bullying includes primary data drawn from various studies that have been conducted together with discussions of key studies conducted by other international researchers. A key feature of this book is the integration of primary quantitative and qualitat ... More
This book provides a review of key studies that have shaped the way we view homophobia in educational contexts. Using theories and ideas drawn from various disciplines, the book demonstrates how bullying is a complex social process wherein perpetrators are supported by active confederates, passive bystanders and indifferent onlookers. Homophobic Bullying includes primary data drawn from various studies that have been conducted together with discussions of key studies conducted by other international researchers. A key feature of this book is the integration of primary quantitative and qualitative data, case studies from parents, and reports of recent legal actions. Exemplar lesson plans developed for the U.K. education system are provided. Finally, this book looks to the future and the changing face of schools, the gradual erosion of homophobia as an accepted ‘norm’ within society and the insitutions that train future generations.
Keywords:
homophobia,
bullying,
aggression,
victimisation,
bystanders,
theory,
schools,
psychology,
education,
psychology
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2011 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780195160536 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2011 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195160536.001.0001 |