Appropriate Actions: A Teacher's Guide to Sexual Harassment

People who haven't been in an elementary school since childhood might be a tad surprised to hear today's children calling each other "bitch" and "fag," and middle and high schoolers are much worse both in terms of name-calling and abusive actions towards one another. An excellent guide that examines the issues (is sexual harassment separate from sexism, or are the two interlinked?) and actions that teachers and schools should take (policies/complaint mechanisms/consequences), Appropriate Actions combines interviews with psychologists and (most helpful of all) real teachers discussing the problem (you know they're authentic when one asks how much in-service and classroom time will anti-harassment training take when they're being pushed to improve test scores in an already overburdened curriculum). Although this was made pre-Columbine (and therefore doesn't refer to the "no-taunting" pledge that's the latest vogue among schools), this is overall another winner from the National Film Board of Canada. And while this might seem a bit pricey for a non-curriculum related title, it's much cheaper than a district lawsuit. Highly recommended for school systems and universities with education programs. Aud: E, I, J, H, C. (R. Reagan)