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Welcome 

We are going to explore the subject: "Acceptance of different sexual preferences of kids in school."

We going to explore this from the perspective of the nation, schools and teachers/kids (classroom). 

The news in Holland 

"Special schools may disapprove students who are gay if the school is providing a safe learning environment."  

(10 november 2020) 

A little history lesson: 

Hundred years ago society used to be divided (liberal, catholic, protestant)

Each group had their own social system (incl. newspaper, schools, television network) 

Because no group was a majority, they made a compromise. Sinds 1917 there is article 23. The right to found a school, to choose your own religious or philosophical direction and to organize it in your own way. As long as the schools comply by the standards of the government. 

So you have 'special schools', like: catholic or islamic or schools with a special school concept and and 'neutral' schools. 

Schools are funded by government 

How many people consider homosexuality acceptable? (% NL, EST)

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Perspective of Holland (nation)

• 92%  acceptance ("they can live the life that they want")
  
  
• Of the religious people 46% is positive 
  
• Of the non religious people  77% is positive 

(Source: movisie) 

The majority in Holland thinks that a relationship between people of the same sex is okay. They say that everyone should live the live that they want. 

When you look at the religious people in Holland, 46% is positive. Of the non religious people 77% is positive about a gay relationship. 

The minority of the people is not okay with a gay relationship. The main argument is that the Bible says that a relationship is supposed to be between a man and a woman. 

Perspective Estonia (nation) 

• 41% of the respondents think that homosexuality is mostly acceptable in society. 
• 59% of the Estonian-speaking population and 29% of the non-Estonian speaking population support the Act of partnership.  

Perspective schools Holland

• Schools are obliged to work with their students on a respectful attitude towards sexual diversity.
  

• In this study among schools of the inspectorate of education, the following results can be found about the percentage that pays attention to sexual diversity.
  

Perspective schools Estonia

• School has to support the student's mental, physical, moral, social and emotional development. 
• School has to create suitable conditions for student’s balanced development and self-realization about one's abilities. 

• Attitudes towards communication with gays and lesbians have become more positive, also in schools.
  
• In 2019 44% of the people would NOT be bothered if they knew that their child’s teacher were openly gay or lesbian. In 2012 that was 38%.
  

Perspective classroom Holland

• Sexual diversity lesson
    goals(5/6th grade)
• Students know that falling in love (regardless of your orientation) is a topic that you can discuss with your friends or parents.
  
• The students know that cultural differences influence what is accepted in terms of sexuality.

Perspective classroom Estonia

• In Estonia there isn't a sexual orientation topic in the curriculum. It is the teacher's willingness and possibility to talk about the topic in different grades and different subjects.
• There are teaching materials made by communities of stakeholders to use but whether the teacher chooses to talk about it or not is up to the teacher.

Conclusion

"We shouldn’t be afraid to talk about it or ignore the topic. You don't have to agree, you can build bridges and meet in the middle. That is the first step in acceptance."

How do you solve this problem? Our Estonia collague, Kaisa said these wise words. Do you agree? How can we solve this problem? 

What do you think? What could be a solution?

First to start, we've got two questions for you.

Go to lessonup.app 

Write the code you see in the screen

You can give yourself a name :) 

After that you can answer the question