Open AccessEducators’ Reasons for Not Practising 2SLGBTQ+ Inclusive Education
Author(s) -
Christopher Campbell,
Tracey Peter,
Catherine Taylor
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
canadian journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1918-5979
pISSN - 0380-2361
DOI - 10.53967/cje-rce.v44i4.4665
Subject(s) - opposition (politics) , psychology , ordinary least squares , inclusion (mineral) , pedagogy , logistic regression , sociology , medical education , social psychology , medicine , political science , mathematics , politics , law , econometrics
In this article, we analyze educators’ self-reported reasons for not addressing LGBTQ topics in their schools in order to develop a clearer picture of the barriers that prevent educators from engaging in LGBTQ-supportive practices. Using hierarchal OLS (ordinary least squares) and logistic regression models to analyze the impacts of demographic, individual-based, and school-based barriers to practising LGBTQ inclusive education, we found that the most common reasons for inaction reported by educators were a lack of training/resources and general fear of opposition from various sources; however, educators who felt that confidence in the level of support for LGBTQ-inclusive education at the school level were less likely to give these as reasons for inaction.