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Discourses about homosexuality and gender in the education of biology teachers

This article is intended at discussing conceptions about gender and sexuality in biological science courses. Questionnaries with questions about these themes were applied to undergraduate students of the Biological Sciences Course at the Paraná Federal University. The results point to the rejection of prejudiced stands about the sexual and gender minorities. On the other hand, the answers also point to some problems: the conception of homosexuality as something "contagious" remains, while indifference and lack of interest create obstacles to a better acceptance of sexual diversity. Finally, the article brings a discussion about the influence of the teacher training disciplines on the results and the possibilities of curricular changes in the education of biological science teachers in order to have them prepared to teach about gender and sexual diversity.

teacher training; sexual diversity; gender


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