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Multicultural Issues in Counseling: New Approaches to Diversity. Fifth Edition
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Lee, Courtland C., Ed. – American Counseling Association, 2019
With an emphasis on direct application to practice, this graduate-level text offers strategies for working with diverse client groups in a variety of settings. Introductory chapters build a foundation for cross-cultural counseling with discussions on current theory, the ongoing pursuit of multicultural competence, and the complexities of…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Cultural Differences, Counseling Theories, Cultural Awareness
Caster Semenya and the "Question of Too": Sex Testing in Elite Women's Sport and the Issue of Advantage
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Schultz, Jaime – Quest, 2011
In 2009, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) forced Caster Semenya, the women's 800-meter champion from South Africa, to submit to "gender verification tests." It took eleven months for officials to review the results of those tests and, ultimately, permit her compete again. Sports organizations, including the IAAF and…
Descriptors: Athletics, Females, Diagnostic Tests, Foreign Countries
Sex in the Lesbian Teacher's Closet: The Hybrid Proliferation of Queers in School
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Cavanagh, Sheila L. – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2008
Using feminist, queer and postcolonial theories, this paper analyzes the public commentary and anxious concern about child-welfare in a recent lesbian teacher sex scandal in Vancouver, Canada, involving Jean Robertson. Arguing that the public and professional uproar is not really about child-protectionism so much as it is about the place of white…
Descriptors: School Culture, Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, Females
The Jossey-Bass Reader on Contemporary Issues in Adult Education
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Merriam, Sharan B., Ed.; Grace, Andre P., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
With contributions from leading experts in the field, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Contemporary Issues in Adult Education collects in one volume the best previously published literature on the issues and trends affecting adult education today. The volume includes influential pieces from foundational authors in the profession such as Eduard C.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism, Social Justice, Social Class
Researching Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth: Conceptual, Practical, and Ethical Considerations
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D'Augelli, Anthony R.; Grossman, Arnold H. – Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 2006
Developmental and educational researchers have overlooked the development of sexual orientation among adolescents and youth, even as they study sexual development and identity development during adolescence. This paper examines some conceptual, practical, and ethical considerations involved in conducting research on lesbian, gay, and bisexual…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Educational Researchers
Five Excellent Resources on Sexuality and Religious Education
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Kissel-Ito, Cindy L. – Religious Education, 2007
A preliminary search of the Internet reveals the multiplicity of issues addressed under the topic of sexuality and education. Terms such as gender identity, sexual orientation, women's health, abuse, abstinence, education of children, teens, and parents, HIV/AIDS, morality and sexual ethics indicate the many different dimensions of contemporary…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Internet, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation