Sex, Death, and the Education of Children: Our Passion for Ignorance in the Age of AIDS

ISBN: 0807734055

Author: Silin, Jonathan G.

Condition: New

Silin has created a generous literary register that can comprehend the many languages of life: the language he has learned about the education of young children, language for what he has learned about love and sexuality as a gay man, language for what he has learned about life and death in the age of AIDS.He shows us how we culture ignorance in children and in each other by refusing to hear and respond to what they and we already know.-From the Foreword by Madeleine GrumetThis book is not for the meek, because it talks straight from the heart-and from an educated and serious heart. Argue, disagree, get angry-but dont ignore what Jonathan Silin is saying.-Jonathan M. Mann, Harvard School of Public HealthWill play an important role in the current debate about what the canon underlying early childhood education is and what it must be to equitably educate all children in the 21st century.-Louise Derman-Sparks, Pacific Oaks CollegeBrings together a lifetime of advocacy and action-for children, for human rights, for people with HIV/AIDS, for gay men and lesbians-into a seamless argument for social justice, fairness, and respect for all people.-William Ayers, University of Illinois at ChicagoThe importance of Silins message for educators cannot be overstated.-David M. Halperin, MIT