Mirror of Educational Transformation - Sexuality Education Thought and Practice in China in the First Half of the 20th Century

Author: Wang Xuefeng
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This book is the first to incorporate the issue of sex education into the research scope of Chinese educational history. The author employs a combination of literature analysis and case studies to discuss the emergence and development of sex education in China during the first half of the 20th century. With detailed historical records, it portrays the rise and prosperity of sex education in China at that time, confirming the fact that sex education was conducted in schools during modern China. The manuscript selects the three brothers Zhou (Lu Xun, Zhou Zuoren, Zhou Jianren), Pan Guangdan, Zhang Jingsheng, and Mrs. Sanger from the United States as case studies, revealing the complexity of the cultural and ideological background of sex education. Through historical, the author provides a profound analysis of the alignment between the rise of sex education and the themes of the era, offering a new perspective for examining issues in modern cultural education.