E-grāmata: Sexuality Education: Past, Present, and Future [ 4 volumes]

An exemplary team of professionals provides a comprehensive look at sex education, the heated debate over federal controls, current research and practice, programs, politics, legislation, and cultural and religious issues related to sex and sexuality education.

Most adults easily agree on what is not healthy for teenagers, including unintended pregnancy, sexual abuse, and sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS. But the question of what approach is best to help young people avoid these negative outcomes is a topic of great, nationwide dissension, more hotly debated since Congressional measures took effect to remove any choice of approaches. Millions of federal funds are being spent insuring that school systems teach just abstinence-only programs, with the singular lesson: Avoid all sexual activity outside of marriage because it is likely to have harmful physical and psychological effects. Opponents of the approach - who support comprehensive, sexuality education taught in every grade at schools - maintain that whether or not adults agree with young people's actions, the facts cannot be ignored that millions of youths are involved in sexual activity and the "just say no" approach does not work. In these groundbreaking volumes, the history, practices, and politics of sexuality education are explained. Readers will learn how and why the need to formally teach students about sexuality and its risks arose, and how the abstinence-only movement as well as comprehensive sexuality education developed. Respected educators, counselors, and therapists in these volumes give insights into exactly what is meant by "sex education," what the various approaches are, what "age appropriate" lessons are supported by most professionals, and the impact of government policies. Views, as well as research, are presented in these volumes from a vast interdisciplinary team of health professionals - esteemed sexuality educators, physicians, psychologists, and social workers - as well as voices of youth themselves, addressing the current and needed resources for insuring their sexual health and personal growth.

The contributors to this set provide a comprehensive look at sex education, the heated debate over federal controls, current research and practice, programs, politics, legislation, and cultural as well as religious issues.