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Francis, Dennis A.; Kuhl, Kylie – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2022
There is a critical need for sex, sexuality and relationships education to be LGBTQI inclusive. Numerous studies, internationally and in South Africa, highlight this need but what constitutes an inclusive curriculum has not been sufficiently addressed. This paper seeks to advance this conversation by imagining a curriculum beyond compulsory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, LGBTQ People, Inclusion
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Michelle Anne C. Reyes; Jonathan Hall; Yasmene H. Odeh; Aied Garcia; Amy Benton; Anna Moffett; Dennis McCunney; Diya Bose; Sambuddha Banerjee – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
This article presents an argument on the importance of teaching science with a feminist framework and defines it by acknowledging that all knowledge is historically situated and is influenced by social power and politics. This article presents a pedagogical model for implementing a special topic class on science and feminism for chemistry students…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Gender Issues, Universities, Chemistry
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Bristol, Travis J. – Gender and Education, 2015
This article calls attention to the social and educational challenges facing boys and men around the world. Next, it highlights how the outcomes for males of African descent across the Americas, in particular the USA, are especially troubling. Moreover, a critique is presented about the recruitment campaigns that see increasing the number of Black…
Descriptors: Males, Gender Issues, Relevance (Education), African American Students
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Ferry, Matthew; McCaughtry, Nate – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2015
Throughout history there have been debates as to what content knowledge (CK) is of most value for physical education (PE). Much recent conversation has circulated around the hope that time spent in PE supports students' regular participation in physical activity (PA). Researchers' use of the term PA, however, often stresses the similarities while…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Secondary School Teachers, Physical Education Teachers, Physical Activities
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Misselhorn, Alison; Mushinga, Mildred; Jama Shai, Nwabisa; Washington, Laura – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2014
Comprehending praxis is a critical step in developing interventions that can have a real-world impact on people's lives. In this paper, we reflect on the lessons learned in the development of a curriculum for young people living in informal settlements in eThekwini, who are exposed to numerous vulnerabilities, including HIV-related risks…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Praxis, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Risk
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Wood, Lesley; Rolleri, Lori A. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2014
Sexuality education forms part of the national school curricula of most sub-Saharan African countries, yet risk-related sexual behaviour among young people continues to fuel the HIV pandemic in this part of the world. One of the arguments put forward to explain why sexuality education seems to have had little impact on sexual risk-taking is that…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Curriculum Development, Sexuality, Health Behavior
Engebretson, Kathryn Ellerhoff – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation examines the discourses around gender present among a cohort of preservice secondary social studies teachers (n = 25) and how gender discourses manifested throughout their preparatory year with particular interest paid to their thoughts about curricula, schools, and students. Using ethnographic study design, the author presents…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Social Studies
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Velasco, Esther – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2004
Gender-equity goals in Cambodia are intimately linked with socio-economic and cultural biases that are embedded in the very system of education and in the society as a whole. There are, however, strong indicators that the vicious cycle in Cambodia's education system could be broken, and here the commitment of key stakeholders and partnership modes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Involvement, Teacher Salaries, Sex Fairness