{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE260100117"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"DE260100117","attributes":{"code":"DE260100117","administering-organisation":"Adelaide University","announcement-administering-organisation":"University of South Australia","scheme-name":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2026,"years-funded":3,"project-start-date":"2026-05-01","anticipated-end-date":"2029-04-30","grant-summary":"Informal sexuality and civics education pedagogies of LGBTQ+ youth. This project explores how LGBTQ+ young people’s everyday social media use can be leveraged to enhance the wellbeing benefits of sexuality and civics education. This project employs a novel qualitative research design to provide vital insight into the beneficial online teaching and learning practices of LGBTQ+ youth on topics concerning health, sexuality and civics amid increasing political polarisation. This research will show how these informal pedagogies can complement school-based teaching. Outcomes include guidance for teachers to assist in delivering sexuality and civics education that is contextually relevant to young people’s modern lives, cultivating LGBTQ+ inclusion while enhancing health and wellbeing benefits for all students.","funding-current":516851.00,"funding-at-announcement":512765,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Barrie","familyName":"Shannon","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0002-5753-6928 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Barrie","familyName":"Shannon","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0002-5753-6928 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"Adelaide University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"SA"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"University of South Australia","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"SA"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":false,"code":"390107","name":"Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum and Pedagogy (Excl. Economics, Business and Management)","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"390203","name":"Sociology of Education","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":true,"code":"3904","name":"Specialist Studies In Education","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"390406","name":"Gender, Sexuality and Education","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"160203","name":"Inclusive Education","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"220502","name":"Internet, Digital and Social Media","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"230108","name":"Gender and Sexualities","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["England","United States of America"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"Young LGBTQ+ Australians are often unsatisfied with the quality of school-based sexuality and civics education, where the curriculum is increasingly difficult for teachers to manage amid growing negative political sentiment surrounding LGBTQ+ youth globally. LGBTQ+ youth use the internet as an alternative source of learning but there is currently no evidence to demonstrate how this may be leveraged to enhance these formal curriculum areas. The social media ban that will take effect in 2025 effectively cuts LGBTQ+ youth under 16 years off from what is for some the only positive education available on sexuality, relationships and civics. This project engages LGBTQ+ youth with a unique social media-based research design to discover their informal sexuality and civics pedagogies, and seeks the perspectives of their teachers, parents and others central to their education. A vital evidence base will be created to guide teachers in delivering relevant, inclusive and impactful sexuality and civics education that draws on the informal pedagogies of LGBTQ+ youth. The results will be communicated in tailored webinars allowing teachers and educators to develop practical skills. The enhancement of formal sexuality and civics education pedagogies will ultimately promote better health outcomes and social cohesion within and beyond schooling by cultivating thoughtful, critical perspectives about health, identity and civic life among all students."}}}