Unfit Subjects - Education Policy and the Teen Mother, 1972-2002

Informationen zum Autor Wanda S. Pillow Klappentext Wanda Pillow presents a critical analysis of federal law and polciy towards pregnant teens, representations of teen pregnancy in popular culture and educational policy assesses how schools provide educational opportunities for school aged mothers. Through in- depth analysis of specific policies and programmes, both past and present, thsi book traces America's successes and failures in educating pregnant teens. Unfit Subjects uses feminist, race and poststructural theories to inform a satisfactory educational policy. Zusammenfassung Wanda Pillow offers an in-depth examination of how schools are providing (and failing to provide) educational opportunities for school-aged mothers in America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Constructing Teen Pregnancy as a Problem 2. Title IX and the Discursive Climate of Education for School-Aged Mothers 3. Schooling Responses to Teen Mothers: Absence, Colds and Disabilities 4. The Teen Mother as a Student: Who is She and What Do Schools Do with Her? 5. The 'Dual-Role' Model of Schooling the Teen Mother 6. Incitement to Discourse: Talking Sex in Abstinence-Only Education Movements 7. Education for Teen Mothers

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• Authors: Wanda Pillow, Wanda S Pillow, Wanda S. Pillow, Wanda S. (University of Illinois At Urbana Pillow, S. Pillow Wanda, Pillow Wanda S.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2004
• EAN: 9780415944922
• ISBN: 978-0-415-94492-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; 1990 bis 1999 n. Chr., 1980 bis 1989 n. Chr., 21. Jahrhundert (2000 bis 2100 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, 1970 bis 1979 n. Chr., Unterrichten von Schülern mit sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf, EDUCATION / General, Soziale und ethische Themen, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Parent Participation, Moral and social purpose of education, Moral & social purpose of education