This article examines the influence of teachers’implicit beliefs on early school leaving among LGBTQIA+ students, highlighting the role of heteronormative norms and unconscious biases in shaping the school climate and students’sense of belonging. Adopting the Queer Critical Media Literaciesframework(van Leent & Mills, 2017), queerness is understood as a critical lens capable of deconstructing normative categories and institutional power structures. Within this perspective, schools are reimagined as spaces of cultural renegotiation, where inclusive educational practices–such as media education and game-based learning–contribute to the dismantling of dominant narratives. Queer education, conceived as a process of critical resignification, fosters new forms of recognition and educational relationships grounded in equity, inclusion, and social justice.

L’articolo esamina l’influenza delle credenze implicite dellədocentisull’abbandono scolastico precoce di studentəLGBTQIA+, sottolineando il ruolo delle norme eteronormative e dei bias inconsci nel modellare il clima scolastico e il senso di appartenenza. Adottando il framework delle Queer Critical Media Literacies(van Leent & Mills,2017)la queerness è intesa come lente critica capace di decostruire categorie normative e assetti di potere istituzionali. In questo orizzonte, la scuola viene riconfigurata come spazio di rinegoziazione culturale, in cui pratiche educative inclusive –come l’educazione nei/ai media e il game-based learning–contribuiscono alla decostruzione delle narrazioni dominanti. L’educazione queer, intesa come processo di risignificazione critica, promuove nuove forme di riconoscimento e relazioni educative orientate all’equità, all’inclusione e alla giustizia sociale.

Messina, S., Mascitti, M. (2025). Teachers’implicit beliefs and LGBTQIA+ students’school dropout: a Queer Media Education approach = Convinzioni implicite dellə docenti e abbandono scolastico di studentə LGBTQIA+: un approccio di Queer Media Education. FORM@RE, 25(2), 342-358 [10.36253/form-17613].

Teachers’implicit beliefs and LGBTQIA+ students’school dropout: a Queer Media Education approach = Convinzioni implicite dellə docenti e abbandono scolastico di studentə LGBTQIA+: un approccio di Queer Media Education.

Salvatore Messina
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Marika Mascitti
Secondo
Membro del Collaboration Group
2025

Abstract

This article examines the influence of teachers’implicit beliefs on early school leaving among LGBTQIA+ students, highlighting the role of heteronormative norms and unconscious biases in shaping the school climate and students’sense of belonging. Adopting the Queer Critical Media Literaciesframework(van Leent & Mills, 2017), queerness is understood as a critical lens capable of deconstructing normative categories and institutional power structures. Within this perspective, schools are reimagined as spaces of cultural renegotiation, where inclusive educational practices–such as media education and game-based learning–contribute to the dismantling of dominant narratives. Queer education, conceived as a process of critical resignification, fosters new forms of recognition and educational relationships grounded in equity, inclusion, and social justice.
2025
Messina, S., Mascitti, M. (2025). Teachers’implicit beliefs and LGBTQIA+ students’school dropout: a Queer Media Education approach = Convinzioni implicite dellə docenti e abbandono scolastico di studentə LGBTQIA+: un approccio di Queer Media Education. FORM@RE, 25(2), 342-358 [10.36253/form-17613].
Messina, Salvatore; Mascitti, Marika
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