Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I What Is Sexual Development?
- Part II How Do We Study Sexual Development?
- 14 Critical Methods for Studying Adolescent Sexuality
- 15 Loving Possibilities in Studies of Sexuality Education and Youth
- 16 Difficulties in the Study, Research, and Pedagogy of Sexuality
- 17 Numbers and Stories
- 18 Doing It: Participatory Visual Methodologies and Youth Sexuality Research
- 19 Research under Surveillance
- Part III Media, Family, Education
- Index
- References
17 - Numbers and Stories
Bridging Methods to Advance Social Change
from Part II - How Do We Study Sexual Development?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 December 2018
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I What Is Sexual Development?
- Part II How Do We Study Sexual Development?
- 14 Critical Methods for Studying Adolescent Sexuality
- 15 Loving Possibilities in Studies of Sexuality Education and Youth
- 16 Difficulties in the Study, Research, and Pedagogy of Sexuality
- 17 Numbers and Stories
- 18 Doing It: Participatory Visual Methodologies and Youth Sexuality Research
- 19 Research under Surveillance
- Part III Media, Family, Education
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter points to a persistent tension between ideology and research about sexuality; that in sex education policymaking ideological notions of sexuality can overshadow empirical research and scholarly inquiry. This chapter offers insight into how research may be designed and enacted in order to be more effective in encouraging social change. The author uses a case study about the development of an LGBT-inclusive curriculum to argue that, for research to be useful, it should be responsive to community issues, the researcher should partner with those in advocacy roles and center the voices of participants, and the community's needs should be attended to in the dissemination of findings.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual DevelopmentChildhood and Adolescence, pp. 336 - 351Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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