Lessons on transgender life ‘just confuse primary pupils’ says education expert

Jun 24, 2017 by

by Eleanor Harding, Mailonline:

Teaching transgender lifestyles confuses primary school pupils, an education expert has said.

Joanna Williams said the small number of transgender children in schools did not justify the ‘time, effort and money’ spent creating teaching materials on the issue.

She also warned that while schools should support pupils who are transgender, some teachers are going much further in encouraging all pupils to question whether they are a boy or girl. This may create confusion for a child who may not have previously considered the issue.

n some cases transgender education has become a ‘political goal’ which seeks to override parents’ views, she believes.

Dr Williams delivered a lecture on transgender issues in schools at the Festival of Education at Wellington College in Berkshire yesterday. It comes ahead of her forthcoming book, Women Versus Feminism, examining problems within gender politics.

In her lecture, she pointed out that research suggests only 1 per cent of the population experience gender issues, but despite this the topic has received huge attention in schools.

She said: ‘We are increasingly reminded that schools are struggling financially. Yet the time, effort and money that goes into producing and monitoring transgender policies is out of all proportion to the tiny number of trans children currently in British schools.’ Earlier this year it was revealed more than 120 schools have adopted a gender-neutral uniform policy, meaning both boys and girls can wear skirts or trousers.

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