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Young People and Sexuality Education

Rethinking Key Debates

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Louisa Allen

    1. Faculty of Education, University of Auckland, New Zealand

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 1-19

  3. Doing ‘it’: Researching Sexuality

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 20-41

  4. ‘They Think you Shouldn’t be Having Sex Anyway’: Young People’s Critique of Sexuality Education Content

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 42-64

  5. Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus? Re-thinking Gender Differences in Sexuality Education Content

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 65-83

  6. ‘Pleasurable Pedagogy’: Young People’s Thoughts about Including ‘Pleasure’ in Sexuality Education

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 84-106

  7. ‘It’s not who they are it’s what they’re like’: Re-conceptualising the ‘Best Educator’ Debate

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 107-131

  8. Sexuality Education Re- imagined? Relinquishing the Disease and Pregnancy Prevention Focus

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 132-153

  9. An Impossible Practice? Implications for Future Sexuality Education

    • Louisa Allen
    Pages 154-181

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 182-204
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About this book

This book innovatively re-envisions the possibilities of sexuality education. Utilising student critiques of programmes it reconfigures key debates in sexuality education including: Should pleasure be part of the curriculum? Who makes the best educators? Do students prefer single or mixed gender classes?

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  • Faculty of Education, University of Auckland, New Zealand

    Louisa Allen

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LOUISA ALLEN Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her academic interests include critical sexuality education studies, masculinities, femininities and schooling and innovative research methods. She has also published Sexual Subjects: Young People, Sexuality and Schooling.

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