Troubling the Teaching and Learning of Gender and Sexuality Diversity in South African Education

Dennis A. Francis is a former Dean of Education and currently Professor of Sociology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He has published extensively in the areas of gender and sexuality diversity and schooling.

• PART 1.- Chapter 1 – Introduction.- Chapter 2 – Troubling Anti-Oppressive Education.- Chapter 3 – The Research.- PART 2.- Chapter 4 – LGB learners visible and invisible.- Chapter 5 –Shifting positions of Inclusion.- Chapter 6 – Troubling the Agency-Victimhood trope in LGB Youth Research.- Chapter 7 – Compulsory Heterosexuality.- PART 3.- Chapter 8 – Conclusion.

“Given the accessible language usage and clear layout, Francis’ book is a welcome contribution to studies on sexual diversity in education contexts. It provides established scholars, students, and novice researchers with a critically engaged and insider’s exploration and demarcation of the challenges and possibilities for LGB youth in South African schools through a critical pedagogic approach to the schools’ curricula.” (Jacques Rothmann, Journal of LGBT Youth, November, 2017)“The book Troubling the Teaching and Learning of Gender and Sexuality Diversity in South African Education comes at a critical time in the South African context … . This book is intended for a wide audience, including educators; school administrators; education department officials; those in teacher education; gender and sexuality scholars, researchers and graduate students; or individuals working with LGBTQ nonprofit organizations.” (Percy Mdunge, Journal of Homosexuality, September, 2018)