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Title: | Saving rhetorical children: sexuality education discourses from conservative to post-modern | Contributor(s): | Jones, Tiffany (author) | Publication Date: | 2011 | DOI: | 10.1080/14681811.2011.595229 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/10505 | Abstract: | Sexuality policy is currently changing at global, national and local levels. This move is affecting the sexuality education discourses in education policies around the world. However, the changes are not always translating into a direct re-thinking of approaches, and in some cases result in a push for more conservative policy. This paper provides a discourse exemplar for understanding the broad range of sexuality education discourses currently at work in education policies and policy movements internationally. It is intended for use in sexuality education policy research, conception and practice. The different constructions of 'the child' at the core of the various discourses are examined, including the ways in which the different discourses attempt to 'save' these children from perceived sexuality problems through education. The article posits that such rhetorical children should not 'stand in' for the needs of actual children in sexuality policy, without being explicitly acknowledged as constructs. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Sex Education, 11(4), p. 369-387 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1472-0825 1468-1811 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130209 Medicine, Nursing and Health Curriculum and Pedagogy 130308 Gender, Sexuality and Education 160809 Sociology of Education |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930403 School/Institution Policies and Development 930299 Teaching and Instruction not elsewhere classified 930399 Curriculum not elsewhere classified |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Education |
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