The discourses of sexuality in curriculum documents on sexuality education: an Australian case study

摘要: This paper identifies three underlying discourses on the nature of sexuality evident in two Department Education curriculum documents education Victoria, Australia, over past 15 years. These are a cultural ‘preservation’ perspective, risk minimisation and view that sexual expression should enable individual enlightenment emancipation. analysis underpinning is used as basis for identifying range issues relating to course content, implied characteristics learners, appropriate teaching methods need be addressed future if diverse goals this area knowledge attitudinal outcomes met.