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Sexuality Education: Theory and Practice, Fifth Edition

Author(s): Clint E. Bruess, EdD, MA, BS, CHES, Birmingham-Southern College
Jerrold S. Greenberg, PhD, University of Maryland
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763754952
  • Paperback    319 pages      © 2009
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Prepare your future sexuality educators or administrators to respond to questions from their own students such as “Am I old enough to date?” or “What is an STI?”. Sexuality Education: Theory and Practice, Fifth Edition offers your future educators a variety of ideas and perspectives on how to answer these kinds of questions with helpful input and compassion. The authors, both sexuality educators, provide instructional expertise, strategies, and applications that help future educators teach sexuality education to learners of all ages, races, ethnicities, cultures, religious persuasions, and mental and/or physical challenges.

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Part I  Introduction to Sexuality Education
  Chapter 1  Sexuality, You, and the Learner
  Chapter 2  Foundations for Sexuality Education
  Chapter 3  The Controversy
  Chapter 4  Understanding Yourself
Part II  Biological, Psychological, and Sociological Aspects of Sexuality Education
  Chapter 5  A View from the Inside
  Chapter 6  The Cognitive and Psychological Side of Sexuality
  Chapter 7  Family Life and Interpersonal Relationships
  Chapter 8  The Sociological Side of Sexuality
Part III  Sexual Decision Making
  Chapter 9  Sexual Morality and Decision Making
  Chapter 10  Sexual Behaviors
Part IV  Conducting Sexuality Education
  Chapter 11  Education for Sexuality: Rules of Conduct
  Chapter 12  Learning Strategies for Sexuality Education
  Chapter 13  Strategies for Learning and Teaching About Sexually Transmitted Infections
  Chapter 14  What Should Be Taught at Different Levels and in Different Settings?
  Chapter 15  The Educator and Sexual Counseling
Part V  Program Implementation and Evaluation
  Chapter 16  Implementing a Sexuality Education Program
  Chapter 17  Evaluation of Sexuality Education
  Chapter 18  Effectiveness of Sexuality Education and the Sexuality Educator
  Appendix A  The National Coalition to Support Sexuality Education
  Appendix B  The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) Requirements for Certification as a Sexuality Educator
  Appendix C  State Policies in Brief
  Appendix D  Teaching Strategies for Sexuality Education
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Clint E. Bruess, EdD, MA, BS, CHES-Birmingham-Southern College

Clint E. Bruess is Division Chair and Professor of the Division of Education at Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama. He has co-authored over 15 textbooks in the areas of human sexuality, sexuality education, personal health, and school health programs. In addition, he has published numerous articles in professional journals and served in elected and appointed positions for the American School Health Association (as a Fellow), American Association of Heath Education (as a Fellow), and the Society of Public Health Educators. 

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Jerrold S. Greenberg, PhD-University of Maryland

Dr. Jerrold S. Greenberg is a Professor in the Department of Public and Community Health of the College of Health and Human Performance at the University of Maryland. Dr. Greenberg earned baccalaureate and masters degrees from The City College of New York, and then continued his education at Syracuse University where he earned his doctorate. He has taught at Syracuse University, Boston University, and the State University of New York at Buffalo before accepting his current position at the University of Maryland in 1979.

Dr. Greenberg has written over 30 books on such topics as sexuality, elder care, health, stress management, physical fitness, wellness, health education ethics, and methods of health education. In addition, he has published approximately 80 articles in professional journals and lay magazines, and has made hundreds of presentations at professional conferences, worksite seminars, and before other groups.

Among Dr. Greenberg's honors are the American School Health Association's Distinguished Service Award; selection as Alliance Scholar by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance; the Presidential Citation, the Certificate of Appreciation, and the Scholar Award of the American Association for Health Education; selection as a finalist for the Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning of Campus Compact; and inclusion in Who's Who In America, Outstanding Young Men Of America, and Who's Who In World Jewry. Dr. Greenberg has also served on the Editorial Boards of the professional journals Health Education and The Journal of School Health; and as a reviewer for other professional journals.

In addition, Dr. Greenberg is a national leader in service-learning in health education and founder of the Service-Learning in Health Education Interest Group listserv comprised of health educators from across the United States.

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