"I just want to be who I am" : Exploring the barriers faced by lesbian early childhood teachers as they disrupt heteronormative practices in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

dc.contributor.authorCooper, Kathleen Fleur
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-27T00:58:05Z
dc.date.available2015-07-27T00:58:05Z
dc.date.issued2015en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis reports on a small scale qualitative research project located in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The objective of the research was to understand how lesbian teachers disrupt heteronormativity in early childhood settings. The literature was reviewed nationally and internationally. It argues that heteronormativity is the main barrier preventing teachers speaking about lesbian and gay issues. Heteronormativity is a discourse that works to maintain heterosexual hegemony. As a result of this dominance, acceptance of lesbian and gay issues is still a contentious issue within Aotearoa/New Zealand early childhood settings. This study provided an opportunity for heteronormativity to be viewed solely from a lesbian teacher’s paradigm. My intention was to also examine the strategies that participants used to challenge heteronormative dominance. Participants negotiated risks to ensure that both children and adults were aware of the hegemonic view point enforced by heteronormativity. A feminist post-structuralist and queer theory paradigm was used to frame the analytical approach.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/10691
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26021/9969
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Leadershipen
dc.relation.isreferencedbyNZCUen
dc.rightsCopyright Kathleen F Cooperen
dc.rights.urihttps://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/thesesen
dc.subjectlesbianen
dc.subjectearlychildhhoden
dc.subjectAotearoaen
dc.subjectheteronormativeen
dc.subjectgay-issuesen
dc.title"I just want to be who I am" : Exploring the barriers faced by lesbian early childhood teachers as they disrupt heteronormative practices in Aotearoa/New Zealand.en
dc.typeTheses / Dissertations
thesis.degree.disciplineEducation
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Canterburyen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Educationen
uc.bibnumber2114146
uc.collegeFaculty of Educationen
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