Violence against women remains a serious and widespread problem in Australia with enormous impacts and social costs. Recently, there have been renewed government efforts to address gender-based violence in schools through a whole school approach. This approach has come to be known as Respectful Relationships Education (RRE) and supports schools to build cultures and practices of gender respect. Recognition of the need for RRE is well established in Australia with states and territories implementing a range of policy and programme initiatives. This paper presents data generated from a mixed methods evaluation of the implementation and impact of RRE in eighteen Australian primary schools. Our focus is on case study data gathered from two of these schools to illustrate the significance of context in shaping the capacity of schools to take up RRE in the ways it is intended. We identify and analyse the specific situated, professional, material and external factors at these schools that enabled and constrained the implementation of this reform. In light of the continued tendency within policy for schools to be dematerialised (i.e. not seen in relation to the complexities of context), the paper argues for greater attention to matters of context in understanding the differential impact of reforms such as RRE in schools. In particular, we draw attention to the urgency and imperative of differential support to schools in relation to such matters.

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背景很重要：两所小学开展尊重关系教育

在澳大利亚，针对妇女的暴力行为仍然是一个严重而普遍的问题，具有巨大的影响和社会成本。最近，政府重新努力通过全校方法解决学校中的性别暴力问题。这种方法后来被称为尊重关系教育 (RRE)，并支持学校建立尊重性别的文化和做法。在澳大利亚，各州和领地实施了一系列政策和计划举措，已经充分认识到对 RRE 的需求。本文介绍了对澳大利亚 18 所小学实施 RRE 和影响的混合方法评估所产生的数据。我们的重点是从其中两所学校收集的案例研究数据，以说明背景在塑造学校以预期方式接受 RRE 的能力方面的重要性。我们识别并分析了这些学校促成和制约了这项改革实施的具体环境、专业、物质和外部因素。鉴于政策中学校非物质化的持续趋势（即不考虑环境的复杂性），本文主张在理解学校 RRE 等改革的不同影响时更多地关注环境问题。我们特别提请注意在这些问题上为学校提供差异化​​支持的紧迫性和必要性。这些学校的物质和外部因素促成和制约了这项改革的实施。鉴于政策中学校非物质化的持续趋势（即不考虑环境的复杂性），本文主张在理解学校 RRE 等改革的不同影响时更多地关注环境问题。我们特别提请注意在这些问题上为学校提供差异化​​支持的紧迫性和必要性。这些学校的物质和外部因素促成和制约了这项改革的实施。鉴于政策中学校非物质化的持续趋势（即不考虑环境的复杂性），本文主张在理解学校 RRE 等改革的不同影响时更多地关注环境问题。我们特别提请注意在这些问题上为学校提供差异化​​支持的紧迫性和必要性。该论文主张在理解学校 RRE 等改革的不同影响时，应更多地关注背景问题。我们特别提请注意在此类问题上为学校提供差异化​​支持的紧迫性和必要性。该论文主张在理解学校 RRE 等改革的不同影响时，应更多地关注背景问题。我们特别提请注意在这些问题上为学校提供差异化​​支持的紧迫性和必要性。