International Journal of Teaching and Education Vol. VIII, No. 1 / 2020 DOI: 10.20472/TE.2020.8.1.004 DISCURSIVE PRACTICES OF GENDER AND TEACHING: A CASE STUDY FROM GREECE EMMY PAPANASTASIOU Abstract: The paper discusses how a primary education teacher who identified himself as gay, enacts, resists and reproduces dominant understandings of gender and sexuality in terms of his own identity and practice in Greece, which is a very conservative and, sometimes, hostile country towards those who do not conform to heteronormativity. The discussion is based on a social constructionist analysis of a semi-structured interview. It provides the readers with interesting stimulating data and can be the starting point of an interesting conversation about the potential struggles that LGTBIQ+ teachers and LGTBIQ+ people in general face in Greece. It is part of a larger research project regarding gender and educational leadership in Greece. Keywords: teachers, education, sexuality, Greece JEL Classification: I29 Authors: EMMY PAPANASTASIOU, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece, Email: emmypapan@gmail.com Citation: EMMY PAPANASTASIOU (2020). Discursive Practices of Gender and Teaching: A Case Study from Greece. International Journal of Teaching and Education, Vol. VIII(1), pp. 47-63., 10.20472/TE.2020.8.1.004 47 Copyright © 2020, EMMY PAPANASTASIOU, emmypapan@gmail.com