Beneath the Surface (Under ytan)

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Beneath the Surface(Under ytan)

• An Equal project about understanding and changing
  norms and values in school
• August 2005April 2007
• www.ytan.se

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Method for Training

• Start with yourself, then proceed with your
  students
• Focus on the heterosexual norm and work with an
  integrated perspective
• Start in preschool
• Include teachers education institutions

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Material

• Life in the Teachers Lounge. On Sexual
  Orientation and the Working Environment in
  School
• Silence in the Classroom? On Teachers Work with
  Sexual Orientation
• What Lies Beneath the Surface?

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Content in a Training Session

• Personal values exercises
• The heteronorm and heteronormativity
• Terms and concepts
• The importance of being able to be open
• Film and discussion

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Personal Values Exercises

• Sexual orientation is not of interest at work
• Heterosexuals talk about their sexual orientation
  at work
• At my place of work, it would be easy to tell
  people that you are gay, lesbian or bisexual

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The Heteronorm
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Content in a Training Session

• Personal values exercises
• The heteronorm and heteronormativity
• Terms and concepts
• The importance of being able to be open
• Film and discussion

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Beneath the Surface(Under ytan)

• An Equal project about understanding and changing
  norms and values in school
• www.ytan.se