| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 204 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The Rutgers series in childhood studies |
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Rutgers series in childhood studies.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Asking more of sex education -- Differences and divisions : social inequality in sex education debates and policies -- The prophylactic of talk : sex educations's competing lessons on sexual communication -- Natural and ideological : depicting bodies in sex education -- Embattled knowledge : curiosity and understanding in sex education -- Conclusion: policy, practice, and sexuality education |
| Summary |
Risky Lessons brings readers inside three North Carolina middle schools to show how students and teachers support and subvert the official sex education curriculum through their questions, choices, viewpoints, and reactions. Most important, the book highlights how sex educations formal and informal lessons reflect and reinforce gender, race, and class inequalities. Ultimately critical of both conservative and liberal approaches, Jessica Fields argues for curricula that promote social and sexual justice. Sex educations aim need not be limited to reducing the risks of adolescent pregnancies, d |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Sex instruction for children -- United States
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EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Health & Sexuality.
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Sex instruction for children
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Sexualerziehung
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Kontroverse
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Sexualerziehung.
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Ungleichheit.
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United States
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USA
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USA.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813544991 |
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0813544998 |
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9780813543345 |
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0813543347 |
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9780813543352 |
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0813543355 |
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1281776599 |
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9781281776594 |
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