Get real about sex : the politics and practice of sex education / Pam Alldred and Miriam E. David.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alldred, Pam.

Contributor:

David, Miriam E.

Series:

Educating boys, learning gender.

Educating boys, learning gender

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex instruction--Great Britain.

Sex instruction.

Sex instruction--Government policy--Great Britain.

Sex instruction for youth.

Masculinity--Great Britain.

Masculinity.

Femininity--Great Britain.

Femininity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead, Berkshire, England ; New York : McGraw-Hill : Open University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing on young people's identities in the classroom, this book employs contemporary theoretical approaches to explore how gender is enacted and experienced by individuals, and how social pressures and government agendas operate at the level of the individual.

Contents:

Front Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction: 'Get Real about Sex!'; Chapter 2: Sex, gender and education: Contemporary challenges and contested histories; Chapter 3: Views from the staffroom: Teachers' perspectives on sex education; Chapter 4: Sexy bodies in the classroom: Pupils' values and views about sex education; Chapter 5: Healthy bodies in healthy schools: Joined-up policy and the health/education divide; Chapter 6: 'Too little, too late': Young mothers, sex education and educational values

Chapter 7: 'Young people' not 'pupils': Sex, education and boys not in schoolChapter 8: Conclusions: Getting real about sex - embedding an embodied sex education in schools; References; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-33072-8

9786611330729

0-335-23383-X

OCLC:

261959991