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Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Family and Personal Relationships

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This seventh edition of Taking Sides: Clashing Views In Family And Personal Relationships presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructor's manual with testing material is available for each volume. Using Taking Sides in the Classroom is also an excellent instructor resource with practical suggestions on incorporating this effective approach in the classroom. Each Taking Sides reader features an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites and is supported by a student website.

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

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Elizabeth Schroeder

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Elizabeth Schroeder, EdD, MSW (she/her/hers), is an award-winning educator, trainer, program consultant and author specializing in sexuality education for youth, professionals and parents, LGBTQ+-affirming best practices, and working with adolescent boys. She has provided consultation to and direct education and training for schools, parent groups and youth-serving organizations in the US and countries around the world for over 25 years.

Dr. Schroeder has authored or edited numerous publications, including Rights, Respect, Responsibility, the first-ever K-12 sexuality education curriculum that is completely mapped to the National Sexuality Education Standards, for which she also served as a co-author. She also co-authored Sexuality Education: Theory and Practice with Dr. Clint Bruess and the four-part book series, Sexuality Education: Past, Present and Future with Dr. Judy Kuriansky. She is a frequently sought-out spokesperson in the news media on issues relating to sexual health education and youth development, having appeared on BBC’s “The Why Factor,” several NPR affiliates, and in The New York Times, CNN Online, The Huffington Post, among others. Dr. Schroeder speaks at conferences around the world on sexuality and adolescent development.

She holds a Doctorate of Education in Human Sexuality Education from Widener University and a Master of Social Work from New York University.

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