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The Sex Education Debates
Nancy Kendall
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Description for The Sex Education Debates
Paperback. Since the 1980s, intense political and cultural battles have been waged between believers in abstinence until marriage and advocates for comprehensive sex education. Drawing on ethnographic research in five states, the author reveals important differences and surprising commonalities shared by purported antagonists in the sex education wars. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JNF; JNU; YQNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Educating children and adolescents in public schools about sex is a deeply inflammatory act in the United States. Since the 1980s, intense political and cultural battles have been waged between believers in abstinence until marriage and advocates for comprehensive sex education. In "The Sex Education Debates", Nancy Kendall upends conventional thinking about these battles by bringing the school and community realities of sex education to life through the diverse voices of students, teachers, administrators, and activists. Drawing on ethnographic research in five states, Kendall reveals important differences and surprising commonalities shared by purported antagonists in the sex education wars, and ... Read more
Educating children and adolescents in public schools about sex is a deeply inflammatory act in the United States. Since the 1980s, intense political and cultural battles have been waged between believers in abstinence until marriage and advocates for comprehensive sex education. In "The Sex Education Debates", Nancy Kendall upends conventional thinking about these battles by bringing the school and community realities of sex education to life through the diverse voices of students, teachers, administrators, and activists. Drawing on ethnographic research in five states, Kendall reveals important differences and surprising commonalities shared by purported antagonists in the sex education wars, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226922287
SKU
V9780226922287
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Ref
99-50
About Nancy Kendall
Nancy Kendall is assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Reviews for The Sex Education Debates
"The Sex Education Debates is a comprehensive analysis of US sex education debates, policies, and classroom practice. With incisive readings of the field data, Nancy Kendall offers a rigorous engagement with issues of structural and other social inequalities. Her analysis makes a significant contribution." (Jessica Fields, San Francisco State University)"