Reiss, Michael J;
(2023)
Sex(uality) and Religion in Schools - China, England and the United States.
In: Fraser-Pearce, Jo and Fraser, James W, (eds.)
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion.
Bloomsbury Academic: London, UK.
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Abstract
The scriptures of the world’s religions have a great deal to say about sexual values. For sex educators, whether or not they have a religious faith, both religious and non-religious views about sexual values need to be considered; to live together in a pluralist society, all of us need to understand at least something of what it is that motivates others. Often, those with religious convictions have more conservative views about sex and sex education, though this is far from always being the case. I discuss the relationship between religion and school sex education in China (a country where religion plays a much smaller role than in many other countries), England (with a particular focus on the concerns that many Muslim parents have) and the USA (where abstinence education has been widespread for over three decades). I end by suggesting how teachers might account of religion when teaching sex education.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Sex(uality) and Religion in Schools - China, England and the United States |
| ISBN-13: | 9781350297272 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bloomsbury-handbook-... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Sex education, sexuality education, religion, Christianity, Islam, China, England, the USA, No Outsiders, abstinence education |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10189405 |
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| 2. |  United Kingdom | 23 |
| 3. |  Philippines | 21 |
| 4. |  Nigeria | 6 |
| 5. |  Canada | 4 |
| 6. |  India | 4 |
| 7. |  Russian Federation | 3 |
| 8. |  Australia | 3 |
| 9. |  Finland | 2 |
| 10. |  Uganda | 2 |
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