So Much More than "Sex Ed": Teen Sexuality as Vehicle for Improving Academic Success and Democratic Education for Diverse Youth

Autor/in	Ashcraft, Catherine
Titel	So Much More than "Sex Ed": Teen Sexuality as Vehicle for Improving Academic Success and Democratic Education for Diverse Youth
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 45 (2008) 3, S.631-667 (37 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831207313344
Schlagwörter	Sex Education; Democracy; Academic Achievement; Public Health; Ethnography; Adolescents; Sexuality; Program Descriptions; Occupational Aspiration; Citizen Participation; Peer Teaching; At Risk Persons; Health Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Demokratie; Schulleistung; Gesundheitswesen; Ethnografie; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sexualität; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Peer group teaching; Peer Group Teaching; Risikogruppe; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten
Abstract	Although sexuality saturates adolescent life, schools do little to address teen sexuality. As educators feel increasingly burdened by competing societal demands, caring for youth sexual health becomes a secondary goal at best. This article argues that the public health costs are only one reason for addressing sexuality in schools and suggests that academic and democratic reasons for addressing sexuality also exist. It illustrates how sexuality can be a potentially powerful resource for increasing the academic achievement and civic engagement of a diverse range of youth. As such, addressing sexuality serves not only public health goals but also academic and democratic goals--goals that have long been central for schools. To make this argument, the author draws from her ethnography of ESPERANZA, a community-based sex education program, illustrating how ESPERANZA used teen interest in sexuality to help youth become leaders, increase academic skills, expand career aspirations, and engage in democratic civic action. (Contains 7 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10