The inclusion of the gender/sexual-affective spectrum in english language teacher education: an international proposal within the European Union

The education system reinforces cisheteronormative norms, often portraying traditional gender roles and heteronormative relationships, thus covertly discriminating against cishetero women and LGBTQ+ individuals. This lack of inclusion is both institutional —due to the absence of binding EU education...

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Autor: Muñoz Martín, Lucía
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Burgos (UBU)
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU)
OAI Identifier:oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/10175
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10175
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:EFL Teacher Training
Gender equality
LGBTQ+ inclusion
Trans-inclusive Feminism
Formación del profesorado de EFL
Igualdad de género
Inclusión de LGBTQ+
Feminismo transinclusivo
Profesores-Formación profesional
Profesores de inglés
Discriminación sexual en la enseñanza
Teachers-Training of
English teachers
Sex discrimination in education
5803.02 Preparación de Profesores
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Sumario:The education system reinforces cisheteronormative norms, often portraying traditional gender roles and heteronormative relationships, thus covertly discriminating against cishetero women and LGBTQ+ individuals. This lack of inclusion is both institutional —due to the absence of binding EU educational guidelines on gender diversity—, and individual —as many educators lack understanding of the topic—. While interventions exist to raise awareness of gender and sexual orientations, they often overlook non-normative identities beyond homosexuality in EFL classrooms. This Ph.D. dissertation addresses this gap by proposing an international, asynchronous online training course for EFL teachers, following the ADDIE-X model. The results show that participants improved their understanding of gender and sexual-affective identity issues, shifted their prior misconceptions, and became more willing to incorporate these topics into their teaching, which highlights the need for broader access to such training across the EU.