The school is the only organized agency that can assure sex instruction reaches all children, since the home and free literature cannot be relied upon¶
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q1 i? The author argues the home cannot be relied upon to teach sex and that free literature, institutes and lectures cannot reach the masses, leaving the school as the only agency touching all children. → Cook 1913
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Cook 1913¶
Cook, W. A. (1913). The problem of sex education. The Journal of Educational Psychology, 4(5), 253-260. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22The+problem+of+sex+education%22+Cook+1913
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Theoretical argument from the essay's 'A Fundamental Requirement' section, offered by a former high school principal. The author reasons that millions of moral parents refuse or are unable to teach sex, and that 'free literature cannot meet the need' because quack literature already fills the field. No empirical data are offered.
"The school is the only organized agency that touches all the children, and only through it, by regular or special teachers, can we assure ourselves that sex shall be taught."
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Related Claims¶
- High school pupils are the peculiarly ripe starting point for sex instruction, and the appropriate lower grade limit should be established by starting at the top of the school and working down — related
- An indirect, gradual nature-study approach to sex instruction is superfluous and may arouse pupils' suspicions rather than disarm them — related
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The school is the only organized agency that can assure sex instruction reaches all children, since the home and free literature cannot be relied upon |
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The school is the only organized agency that can assure sex instruction reaches all children, since the home and free literature cannot be relied upon |
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