Diversity, Values and Social Change: Renegotiating a Consensus on Sex Education.

Thomson, Rachel

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ERIC Number: EJ574399

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Publication Date: 1997

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Diversity, Values and Social Change: Renegotiating a Consensus on Sex Education.

Thomson, Rachel

Journal of Moral Education, v26 n3 p257-71 Sep 1997

Proposes a framework for school sex education within a plural society based on three themes: social changes contributing to uncertainty about sexual values in British society, sex education policy changes' impact on claims to moral legitimacy in this area, and initiatives renegotiating a moral consensus on school sex education values. (DSK)

Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Sex Education, Social Change, Social Values, Values Education

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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