"They didn't have out there gay parents-they just looked like normal regular parents": Investigating teachers' approaches to addressing same-sex parenting and non-normative sexuality in the elementary school classroom

Curriculum Inquiry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 480-501

  Martino, Wayne ^a   Cumming Potvin, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 80053108243     PISSN: 03626784     EISSN: 1467873X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-873X.2011.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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