Unfit Subjects

Education Policy and the Teen Mother, 1972-2002
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-415-94492-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 596 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pillow, Wanda S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll

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

Über Autor(innen)

Wanda S. Pillow