Values in Sex Education

This title, written for headteachers, teachers, governors and health workers, looks at: the changing sexual attitudes and values between 1950 and 2000; the principles underpinning sex education; the development of a school sex education policy; and sex educaton in practice for 14-19 year olds.
This title, written for headteachers, teachers, governors and health workers, is divided into four parts: part one looks at the changing sexual attitudes and values between 1950 and 2000; part two analyses the principles underpinning sex education, including the problem of values in sex education, liberal values, health, well-being, pleasure and leisure, religious values, family values, and love; part three analyses how a school policy for sex education can be developed. It discusses the aims for sex education, frameworks for practice, the importance of listening to children and the non-school influences on children's values; and part four studies sex education in practice from the age of 14 to 19 years.