Sex ed for caring schools : creating an ethics-based curriculum / Sharon Lamb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamb, Sharon.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex instruction--Curricula--United States.

Sex instruction.

Sexual ethics--Study and teaching--United States.

Sexual ethics.

Sexual ethics--Study and teaching.

Sex instruction--Curricula.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 158 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Sex education for caring schools

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2013]

Summary:

While arguments for and against teaching abstinence, the use of contraceptives, and sexual identity are becoming more and more polarized, most people agree that students must learn to navigate an increasingly sexual world. Sex Ed for Caring Schools presents a curriculum that goes beyond the typical health education most students receive today. As part of a critical pedagogy movement that connects education to social justice enterprises, this book and the corresponding online curriculum encourage students to talk, write, and think about the moral and relational issues underlying sex in society today. Addressing the real concerns of today's teens, this book includes lessons on pornography, prostitution, media objectification, religion, and stereotypes. Book Features: Introduces readers to the controversies that have surrounded sex education curricula in recent decades. Outlines a comprehensive sex education that includes character education, citizenship, and caring-the three Cs. Focuses on the education both girls and boys need to treat each other ethically. Includes discussion questions and activities for future educators. Corresponds to an interactive online curriculum hosted by the author that includes free readings, activities, and discussion questions. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Road to the Abstinence Debates 9

A Brief History of Sex Ed, 1920s to Present 10

A Return to Family Values? 17

2 A Critical View of Trends in Sex Ed: 12 Issues 19

AOUM Curricula Do Not Acknowledge That Teens Are Having Sex 20

Teen Sex Is Stereotyped and Described Only as a Problem 22

Teens Are Represented as Children in Danger of Being Lured into Harmful Experiences 23

Curricula Still Contain Inaccuracies 23

Heterosexist Bias Permeates Many Curricula 24

A White, Middle-Class Bias Pervades 27

Pleasure Is Absent and Empowerment Neglected 28

Gender Stereotypes Continue to Be a Problem 31

Teaching Approaches Miss the Mark 35

Health Is a Focus at the Expense of Other Issues 37

Curricula Are Ineffective 38

Curricula Lack an Explicit Moral Perspective 40

Conclusion 43

3 Toward a New Ethical Focus 44

Universal Ethics 46

Ethical Education in the Sex Ed Classroom 49

4 Sex Ed as Democratic Citizenship Education 52

Get Permission 53

Make It Democratic, Make It Caring 54

Make It Inclusive 55

Talk about Talking 56

Argue for Advanced Readings 56

Connect Religion to the Ethical Discussion of Sex 57

Support Freedom but not Relativism 57

Conclusion 59

5 Ethics for Individuals: Philosophy and Ethics in Sex Ed 60

Friendship 61

Love 64

Lust 67

Consent and Coercion 72

Shame and Embarrassment 78

Pleasure and Other Emotions 81

Conclusion 84

6 Sexual Citizenship: Ethics and Philosophy in Sex Ed 85

Media, Popular Culture, and Objectification 87

Gender and Sexual Stereotypes 91

Pornography 95

Prostitution 98

Sexual Violence 102

Religion 104

Sexual Rights 106

Conclusion 108.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-146) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

080775398X

9780807753989

9780807753996

0807753998

OCLC:

818865966

Publisher Number:

99953371272