Love and Sex: Can We Talk About That in School?.

Vance, Paul C.

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ERIC Number: EJ315798

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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Love and Sex: Can We Talk About That in School?

Vance, Paul C.

Childhood Education, v61 n4 p272-76 Mar-Apr 1985

Gives statistical information on the "national epidemic" of teenage sexual activity and pregnancy and its consequences. Discusses social causes of this problem. Proposes that schools can help solve the problem by providing a formal sex education curriculum for pupils in kindergarten through grade 12. (CB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Family (Sociological Unit), Mass Media, Poverty, Sex Education, Sexuality, Social Change, Social Influences, Social Values, Sociocultural Patterns, Unwed Mothers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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Note: Thematic issue: Emerging Adolescents: Their Needs and Concerns