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A case for sex education that puts it in historical and
philosophical context. In the United States, sex education is more
than just an uncomfortable rite of passage: it's a political hobby
horse that is increasingly out of touch with young people's needs.
In Touchy Subject, philosopher Lauren Bialystok and historian Lisa
M. F. Andersen unpack debates over sex education, explaining why
it's worth fighting for, what points of consensus we can build
upon, and what sort of sex education schools should pursue in the
future. Andersen surveys the history of school-based sex education
in the United States, describing the key question driving reform in
each era. In turn, Bialystok analyzes the controversies over sex
education to make sense of the arguments and offer advice about how
to make educational choices today. Together, Bialystok and Andersen
argue for a novel framework, Democratic Humanistic Sexuality
Education, which exceeds the current conception of "comprehensive
sex education" while making room for contextual variation. More
than giving an honest run-down of the birds and the bees, sex
education should respond to the features of young people's evolving
worlds, especially the digital world, and the inequities that put
some students at much higher risk of sexual harm than others.
Throughout the book, the authors show how sex education has
progressed and how the very concept of "progress" remains
contestable.
Education, as an academic field taught at universities around the
world, emerged from a range of disciplines including philosophy,
history, sociology, politics/policy, economics and law. Educational
Foundations is the first reference work to provide an authoritative
state-of-the-field mapping of these foundational disciplines,
showing the ideas, methods, theories and approaches that each of
them contributes to field of education. Each of the six volumes is
devoted to the examination of a constituent discipline, namely:
Philosophical Foundations of Education (Volume 1) Historical
Foundations of Education (Volume 2) Sociological Foundations of
Education (Volume 3) Policy Foundations of Education (Volume 4)
Economic Foundations of Education (Volume 5) Legal Foundations of
Education (Volume 6) Each volume covers the same set of key topics
within education which also form the chapter titles, those
topics/chapters are: Mapping the Field, Purposes of Education,
Curriculum, Schools and Education Systems, Learning and Human
Development, Teaching and Teacher Education, Assessment and
Evaluation. This structure allows readers to study the volumes in
isolation, by discipline, or laterally by topic, allowing for
comparative, thematic readings of chapters across the volumes.
Particular attention is paid to social justice issues throughout
the volumes with the authors showing how each discipline works to
combat social justice issues including race, gender, sexuality and
disability. Students, researchers and faculty in education
departments rarely have a thorough knowledge of all of the
foundational disciplines and yet foundations remains a staple
aspect of teacher education and education programmes around the
world. This set allows readers to focus in on the specific gaps in
their knowledge. Including 48 chapters written by renowned
international scholars, this work will define the educational
foundations for generations to come.
A case for sex education that puts it in historical and
philosophical context. In the United States, sex education is more
than just an uncomfortable rite of passage: it's a political hobby
horse that is increasingly out of touch with young people's needs.
In Touchy Subject, philosopher Lauren Bialystok and historian Lisa
M. F. Andersen unpack debates over sex education, explaining why
it's worth fighting for, what points of consensus we can build
upon, and what sort of sex education schools should pursue in the
future. Andersen surveys the history of school-based sex education
in the United States, describing the key question driving reform in
each era. In turn, Bialystok analyzes the controversies over sex
education to make sense of the arguments and offer advice about how
to make educational choices today. Together, Bialystok and Andersen
argue for a novel framework, Democratic Humanistic Sexuality
Education, which exceeds the current conception of "comprehensive
sex education" while making room for contextual variation. More
than giving an honest run-down of the birds and the bees, sex
education should respond to the features of young people's evolving
worlds, especially the digital world, and the inequities that put
some students at much higher risk of sexual harm than others.
Throughout the book, the authors show how sex education has
progressed and how the very concept of "progress" remains
contestable.
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