Open AccessFrom Homo’poly to Openup! lessons learned on LGB in education in schools across Europe
Author(s) -
Lotte Geunis,
Oliver Holz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revija za elementarno izobraževanje
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2350-4803
pISSN - 1855-4431
DOI - 10.18690/rei.13.1.41-53.2020
Subject(s) - erasmus+ , politics , homosexuality , political science , set (abstract data type) , sociology , pedagogy , gender studies , history , law , computer science , art history , programming language , the renaissance
This paper captures the lessons learned from Homo’poly, an ERASMUS+ project on awareness and understanding of homosexuality in schools. Homo’poly was implemented between 2016 and 2019 in eight European countries: Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Turkey, Hungary and the United Kingdom. Throughout the project, partner institutions noted that homophobia, a lack of wider community engagement and (notably in Central and Eastern Eruope) limited political support proved to be significant stumbling blocks. The authors build on a survey of partner institutions to further explore these challenges and set out proposed directions for future activities and research.