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How do you teach sexual education in public schools?
October 30, 2007 @ 07:44 PM
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How do you teach sexual education in public (secular) schools without insulting conservative/ religious parents? I personally believe that sexual education should be made mandatory in public schools, because it is important to teach young people about certain issues, such as sexuality, homophobia, the importance of condom use, HIV and AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), etc.
With the increasing rate of sexually transmitted infections in Canada (most notably in Quebec), it is becoming more and more important to teach sexual education in the classrooms. However, some parents think it is their responsibility, not the teachers’, to educate their children about these issues. What do you think?
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Re: How do you teach sexual education in public schools?
October 31, 2007 @ 12:31 AM
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StefP wrote:
With the increasing rate of sexually transmitted infections in Canada (most notably in Quebec), it is becoming more and more important to teach sexual education in the classrooms. However, some parents think it is their responsibility, not the teachers’, to educate their children about these issues. What do you think?
i share your belief: that sex education is increasingly important for kids today. i do think that there is a way to provide a balance between the concerns of the conservative parents and the boundless curiosity of the kids within the classroom.
first of all, there is a very easy way to educate people about their bodies. it is called biology. if you make basic biology compulsory and have students learn about the functioning of their reproductive systems, and about pregnancy and the life-cycle, you will be halfway towards acheiving your goal.
it is also possible to subsume under biology a review of diseases common in the community (and this would include HIV and other STIs), how they spread, and how they are prevented or treated.
if religious studies and social ethics, were part of the curriculum, those fora could be used to discuss the pros and cons of teenage sex, abortion etc.
these are just a few suggestions do you think they would be helpful in the canadian system?
the problem with simply relying on parents to educate their kids and leaving it at that is that not all parents are up to that task. is it possible to make parents and teachers partners in sex education and have them design a sex education program together according to their needs?
it may also be necessary to educate the parents ondemographics for the region so that they become aware of what their children are facing and what information their children should know.
most importantly, the kids need to have a forum where they can go to seek help and information, anonymously if necessary.
This post was edited on: 2007-10-31 at 12:33 AM by: bumbuwazed
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Re: How do you teach sexual education in public schools?
October 31, 2007 @ 07:54 AM
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There are also many modules on Sex Education available on various websites. I think it is important that such modules should also link other skills like- assertiveness, communication, respecting others' boundaries, etc.
I would also like to add that a similar discussion was also started at http://en.discuss.takingitglobal.org/thread/22307
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Re: How do you teach sexual education in public schools?
October 31, 2007 @ 09:31 AM
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 i tjink in my view its important because most of the sex growth rate is in colleges and in other educational institutes where there is co education so if the students were guide in the initial stages there will be decrease in this sex rate and they will become aware of this thread.It is easy to teach in seperate classes where girls and boys have sepearte class rooms.
there is always some communication Gap between Children and parenst so i think it is not possible that parents fully deliver the knowledge about this to there childrens but tachers can because they are dependent most on teachers and teh power of act on this knowledge of teacher is more thaen that of parents.
In Institues and schools teacher must arrange seminars on this topic and tel them about the threads of this issue
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Re: How do you teach sexual education in public schools?
October 31, 2007 @ 05:19 PM
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Hmmm... this is a good question to brainstorm about !
But personally i think that this issue is better to discuss with both parents and teachers.Ii understand that many children/ youth don't talk freely to their parentsabout stuf like this.
In my country we do this :
we know that many students don't talk freely to both parents and teacher so we have organisations who come to their school or maybe even on the street, and we let these people talk to them about these things. Sometimes the children even prefer for the teacher not to be in the classroom... in this way u are allowed to have an open conversation with the them. And if they still need help, just invite them over to the workplace where u can have a chat and facilitate them.
When it comes to religion, i know that many countries have a problem with that point, but i think that people need to ware of the reality and look at the growing numbers of people getting infected each year.
When i educate youth i always tell them that abstinance is the best way, but if u truly know u can wait to have sex or maybe you are having sex already...please use a condom.
if ur in a serious relation ship jsut get to know each other and build trust, becoz to me a relation ship without trust aint a realtion ship.
Ok, any comments...feel free to send them ! haha...
Adios.
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Re: How do you teach sexual education in public schools?
November 29, 2007 @ 05:13 AM
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StefP wrote:
How do you teach sexual education in public (secular) schools without insulting conservative/ religious parents? I personally believe that sexual education should be made mandatory in public schools, because it is important to teach young people about certain issues, such as sexuality, homophobia, the importance of condom use, HIV and AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), etc.
With the increasing rate of sexually transmitted infections in Canada (most notably in Quebec), it is becoming more and more important to teach sexual education in the classrooms. However, some parents think it is their responsibility, not the teachers’, to educate their children about these issues. What do you think?
I very much believe that sex education is very important for a child.This will only help in ubringing of his thoughts and attitude on this subject.
I think the school management should call for a meeting with the parents and convince them and tell them that ' stork story' attitude is very wrong.
Because most parents belive that the kids will just 'grow up' on it.
I think the teaching will have more impact and seriousness if dealt technically using audio visual tools.So that the whole sex education wont be just another 'intersting topic' but something sort of 'serious'.
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Re: How do you teach sexual education in public schools?
December 6, 2007 @ 11:02 AM
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Great topic! An interesting survey was just conducted in the United Kingdom about sex education in British schools today. The survey has shown that nearly half of British young people not being taught about teenage pregnancy.
A Youth Parliament survey also found that a similar proportion of teenagers said they would not know where to find their local sexual health clinic.
The surveys findings are prompting many organizations and individuals to lobby the government to make this teaching a statutory part of the national curriculum.
"We believe that all children and young people are entitled to receive sex and relationships education (SRE) as part of the statutory provision of personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE education) in schools. No school should be able to opt out ... including primary schools, faith schools and academies."
I think that this may be the right approach as all young people should have the opportunity to get educated on the matters of sex education- I would also say that parents should not be allowed to let their students opt out (which I believe is sometimes the case). Maybe parents do not feel entirely comfortable with the topic, but lets face it sex is a fact of life and I think it is better to educate and not be embarrassed.
In terms of the content, I think that if it is developed in the right way and in a way that allows youth to understand the consequences of safe sex it will work out!
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Re: How do you teach sexual education in public schools?
December 6, 2007 @ 04:39 PM
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May I ask which journal was it published? It might help me with my paper.
See, I'm writing one now about sexual education in the Philippines and it's a bit discouraging. Basically, the Church is very influential so they don't want teachers (even in public schools) to talk about condoms - just natural family planning. With the AIDS epidemic on the rise in Asia, this type of approach does not help at all.
Thanks to everybody for the insightful messages!
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Re: How do you teach sexual education in public schools?
December 6, 2007 @ 04:45 PM
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Here's the link to the article I found:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2221650,00.html
And i just found the UK Youth Parliament's report for you: http://www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk/sre
Just go the above web site and you can download the report!
Hope this helps!
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