Sex Education
Rationale and Reaction

Rex Rogers adopts a fresh and helpful approach to sex education and provides empirical analysis.

Rex S. Rogers (Edited by)

9780521098588, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 13 June 1974

296 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.38 kg

Sex education, like other controversial issues, has generated a great deal of polemical writing, much of which is likely to leave the interested reader both confused and factually under-informed. In this 1974 publication, Sex Education, Rex Rogers adopted a fresh and helpful approach - a book of readings with a distinct empirical flavour. Deliberate emphasis is given to studies that provide data on the utilisation, justification and effects of sex education in the belief that such knowledge is essential for the intelligent approach to this subject. Although written with the needs of those researching or teaching in the field of sex education particularly in mind, this collection contains little beyond the grasp of the non-specialist.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. Sex Education: Theory, Practice and Perspective
Overview: 1. Sex: instinct or appetite? Derek Wright
2. What does 'sex education' mean? Alan Harris
3. Moral education in the secondary school Peter McPhail et al.
4. Sex education in the United Kingdom Sue Burke
5. Sex education in schools Alan Harris
6. Sex education in colleges and departments of education J. Norman Greaves
7. Sex education: press and parental perceptions D. G. Gill, G. D. B. Reid and D. M. Smith
8. Counselling with sexually incompatible marriage partners William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson
Part II. Psycho-sexual Development: Overview: 9. Children's concepts of sexuality and birth Hans and Shulamith Kreitler
10. Sexuality and sexual learning in childhood James Elias and Paul Gebhard
11. A survey of sexual knowledge and attitudes in Borehamwood G. D. Ripley, C. Burns and V. A. Dickinson
12. The sexual behaviour of young people Michael Schofield
13. The sexual behaviour of young adults Michael Schofield
Part III. The Effects of Sex Education: Overview: 14. A report on 'Understanding' Granada Television
15. Some reactions to a schools' television programme on venereal disease Roger L. Brown
16. A report on 'Living and Growing' Grampian Television
17. 'Where Do Babies Come From?' and 'Growing Up': two radiovision education aids School Broadcasting Council
18. The effects of televised sex education at the primary school level Rex S. Rogers
19. A study of the effects of 'sex education' on premarital petting and coital behaviour Gerald H. Weichman and Altis L. Ellis
Conclusion
Appendix
Further reading
Index.

Subject Areas: Sociology & anthropology [JH]