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Educators’ lived experiences of homophobic victimisation in Independent Secondary Schools
Thesis (PhD (Educational Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/103069 Educators’ lived experiences of homophobic victimisation in Independent Secondary Schools Eloff, Irma F. henkmostert77@gmail.com Mostert, Hendrik Petrus UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Homophobia Homophobic victimisation Bullying at schools Educators LGBTIQ+ learners Interpretive phenomenological analysis Innsbruck vignette research Thesis (PhD (Educational Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2025. Although South Africa is a democratic country with Constitutional safeguarding of homosexually orientated individuals, victimisation based on sexual orientation still occurs frequently at schools with detrimental physical and psychosocial consequences for victims. The objective of this research project was to explore and explain educators’ lived experiences of homophobic victimisation at independent secondary schools. The study adopted a qualitative, phenomenological approach rooted in Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological systems theory (BST), employing an Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) and the Innsbruck Vignette Research (IVR) methodology, separately, and then integrating the findings in a three-phase approach. The study was conducted through educator focus group interviews at three independent secondary schools in Johannesburg, Gauteng. In Phase 1, the IPA of the focus group interview transcripts gave rise to five main themes: (1) Educators’ general understanding of homophobic victimisation and its expression in the school context, (2) Influencing factors that complicate or remediate incidences of homophobia and victimisation, (3) Attitudes expressed and experienced by educators, (4) School policies and mitigating strategies to raise awareness and prevent homophobic victimisation, and (5) The school as a microcosm of the broader community. In Phase 2 of the study, six vignettes were crafted by the researcher from his observations during the interviews. In Phase 3, the Phase 1 and Phase 2 findings were integrated to result in a synthesis of the findings, which concluded that educators experience their schools as striving to embrace diversity and eliminate homophobic victimisation. Educational Psychology PhD (Educational Psychology) Unrestricted Faculty of Education SDG-04: Quality Education SDG-05: Gender equality SDG-10: Reduces inequalities 2025-07-01T09:30:30Z 2025-07-01T09:30:30Z 2025-09 2025-01 Thesis * S2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/103069 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.29445182.v2 10.25403/UPresearchdata.29445182 en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Homophobia Homophobic victimisation Bullying at schools Educators LGBTIQ+ learners Interpretive phenomenological analysis Innsbruck vignette research Educators’ lived experiences of homophobic victimisation in Independent Secondary Schools |
| title | Educators’ lived experiences of homophobic victimisation in Independent Secondary Schools |
| title_full | Educators’ lived experiences of homophobic victimisation in Independent Secondary Schools |
| title_fullStr | Educators’ lived experiences of homophobic victimisation in Independent Secondary Schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Educators’ lived experiences of homophobic victimisation in Independent Secondary Schools |
| title_short | Educators’ lived experiences of homophobic victimisation in Independent Secondary Schools |
| title_sort | educators lived experiences of homophobic victimisation in independent secondary schools |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Homophobia Homophobic victimisation Bullying at schools Educators LGBTIQ+ learners Interpretive phenomenological analysis Innsbruck vignette research |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/103069 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.29445182.v2 |