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A Critical Analysis of Sexuality Education in the United States: Toward an Inclusive Curriculum for Social Justice book cover

1st Edition

A Critical Analysis of Sexuality Education in the United States Toward an Inclusive Curriculum for Social Justice

By Tiffani Kocsis Copyright 2020
188 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

188 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

188 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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A Critical Analysis of Sexuality Education in the United States explores the development of sexuality education in North America and uses economic, legal, and psychological paradigms to identify and trace exclusionary programming and practices in schools. By analyzing legal and political documents, as well as state and private curricula, this insightful text considers the historical and... Read more

Part I: Overview

1. Two Distinct Approaches to Sexuality Education Programs

2. Issues of Gender and Orientation

3. Critical Feminist Theory, Queer Theory and Critical Pedagogy: Applications in Sex Ed

Part II: Traditional and Critical Emancipatory Sexuality Theory: in contrast

4. Traditional Views of Adolescent Sexuality Development

5. Gender, Power, and Sexualities

Part III: The Federal Politics of Sexuality Education

6. Sex Education Rises to a National Conversation

7. Conservative Mobilization

8. Modern Policies

Part IV: Case Law and Legal Challenges

9. Establishing Trends

10. Supreme Court Cases

11. Circuit and District Court Cases

12. Rising Challenges

Part V: Implications for School Site Programming

13. Abstinence-Only Education – Problematic Exclusions

14. To Begin the Transformation

15. Social Justice Ideals for Sexuality Education

Biography

Tiffani Kocsis is Assistant Principal at Campbell Hall in Los Angeles, California, USA.

"Tiffani Kocsis thoroughly and impressively outlines the complexity of components that go into the creation of a sexuality education curriculum. Her connection of the historical and social context, theory, and framework of sexuality education provides an in-depth picture of what inclusive sexuality education should look like, and gives effective methods to achieve this."

-Claire T. Thompson, Journal of Youth and Adolescence
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