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Puberty and Sexuality Education Using a Learning and Teaching Theoretical Framework
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Collier-Harris, Christine A.; Goldman, Juliette D. G. – Educational Review, 2017
All children need timely puberty and sexuality education. The task falls to schools because they have the learning and teaching processes, competency programmes, opportunities, and resources for age-appropriate cognitive, knowledge, and skills development in children and adolescents. Quality sexuality education guidance documents have been…
Descriptors: Puberty, Sex Education, Teaching Methods, Theories
Is Puberty Education Evident in Australia's First National Curriculum?
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Collier-Harris, Christine A.; Goldman, Juliette D. G. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2017
The processes of puberty, including reproductive fertility and social-role transitions, now begin earlier, last longer, and are experienced in very different contexts. Because of this, all children and adolescents need good-quality puberty education in school curricula, and this need is supported by positive cost-benefit analysis and international…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Puberty, National Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
UNESCO's Guidance on Puberty and Sexual Health Education for Students Aged 9-12 Years Compared to an Upper Primary School Curriculum
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Goldman, Juliette D. G. – Health Education Journal, 2015
Background: Children and young adolescents are reaching puberty earlier. Providing information about such changes before puberty can help them develop in a more competent and informed manner. Context and Objective: UNESCO's "International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education" forms a comprehensive, evidence-based, authoritative…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Puberty, Sex Education, Comprehensive School Health Education
International Guidelines on Sexuality Education and Their Relevance to a Contemporary Curriculum for Children Aged 5-8 Years
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Goldman, Juliette D. G. – Educational Review, 2013
This paper evaluates UNESCO's recommended sexuality educational framework for junior school students aged 5-8 years. It also compares it to an existing state-designed Health and Physical Education curriculum that includes sexual and reproductive health for the same cohort. Based on the universal values of respect and human rights, UNESCO's"…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Elementary School Students, Comprehensive School Health Education, Curriculum
School-Based Reproductive Health and Safety Education for Students Aged 12-15 Years in UNESCO's (2009) "International Technical Guidance"
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Goldman, Juliette D. G.; Collier-Harris, Christine A. – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2012
Globally, adolescents aged 12-15 years are making sexual and reproductive decisions of profound significance for their future, often based on misguided, inadequate or dangerously wrong information. Very few countries provide evidential and comprehensive education about puberty, sexuality, and reproductive health and safety to children and young…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Safety Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Responding to Parental Objections to School Sexuality Education: A Selection of 12 Objections
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Goldman, Juliette D. G. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2008
Sexuality education for school-aged young people is a crucial component of all quality education systems. It prepares young people for participation in society as responsible, mature and community-minded citizens. Most contemporary school education curricula generally aim to enhance young people's knowledge, skills and understandings of the world,…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Educational Quality, Adolescents, Sexuality