TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward a more effective pedagogy for sexuality education
T2 - The establishment of democratic classrooms
AU - Goldfarb, Eva S.
AU - McCaffree, Konstance
PY - 2000/6/1
Y1 - 2000/6/1
N2 - Educators in the United States are charged with the moral imperative of educating the young for citizenship in a democracy. While this imperative has somewhat sporadically guided theory within the field of sexuality education, it has not been a noticeable force in the shaping of praxis. The aims of this article are to define democratic education, to argue for the importance of applying the principles of democratic classrooms to sexuality education, and, finally, to discuss ways in which sexuality educators can begin to build some of the concepts of democratic education into their classroom practices.
AB - Educators in the United States are charged with the moral imperative of educating the young for citizenship in a democracy. While this imperative has somewhat sporadically guided theory within the field of sexuality education, it has not been a noticeable force in the shaping of praxis. The aims of this article are to define democratic education, to argue for the importance of applying the principles of democratic classrooms to sexuality education, and, finally, to discuss ways in which sexuality educators can begin to build some of the concepts of democratic education into their classroom practices.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033755505&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01614576.2000.11074342
DO - 10.1080/01614576.2000.11074342
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033755505
SN - 0161-4576
VL - 25
SP - 147
EP - 155
JO - Journal of Sex Education and Therapy
JF - Journal of Sex Education and Therapy
IS - 2-3
ER -
