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Emily M. Mercado; D. Michael Draut – Research Studies in Music Education, 2024
The purpose of this collaborative action research project was to examine eighth- and ninth-grade female (assigned at birth) students' perspectives of their singing voice when implementing a practitioner/researcher designed curriculum titled "Supporting Adolescent Female Vocal Development: Teaching Anatomy and Physiology in the Middle School…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Grade 8, Females, Singing
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Silvério Marques, Sara; Goldfarb, Eva S.; Deardorff, Julianna; Constantine, Norman A. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2017
Despite recognition of the importance of a developmentally appropriate approach to sexuality education, there is little direct guidance on how to do this. This study employed in-depth interviews with experienced sexuality educators and developers of sexuality education materials to identify how this concept is understood and applied in the field.…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Sex Education, Adolescents, Health Promotion
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Furman, Nate; Sibthorp, Jim – Journal of Experiential Education, 2014
Learning transfer and prosocial behavior (PSB) are critical components of many outdoor education programs for adolescents. This study examined the effects of a theoretically grounded treatment curriculum designed to foster the transfer of learning of general and contextual PSB (also called expedition behavior) among adolescents enrolled on 14-day…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Prosocial Behavior, Behavior Development, Adolescents
Bridges, Emily; Hauser, Debra – Advocates for Youth, 2014
As they grow up, young people face important decisions about relationships, sexuality, and sexual behavior. The decisions they make can impact their health and well-being for the rest of their lives. Young people have the right to lead healthy lives, and society has the responsibility to prepare youth by providing them with comprehensive sexual…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Decision Making
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Mincemoyer, Claudia C.; Corbin, Marilyn – Journal of Extension, 2001
Pennsylvania's 4-H youth program faculty and staff (n=16) participated in electronic brainstorming to determine priority needs for curriculum revision. The 46 areas needing revision were refined by 33 county Extension educators using interactive software on the World Wide Web. A curriculum priority list emerged that is being used for resource…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Computer Mediated Communication, Curriculum Development, Extension Education
Huichang, Chen – Chinese Education, 1987
This article reports on the growth of sexual awareness and physiology among a randomly-selected sample of 541 Chinese middle school students. Maintains that the results show the need for sex education and the harmful results of failing to provide it. Advocates that a general discussion on the subject of sex education be promoted in educational…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Chinese Culture, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Peikuan, Yao – Chinese Education, 1987
Reports the results of a broad-scale survey of the sexual knowledge and development of Chinese middle school youth. Includes information on sources of sexual knowledge, age of onset for specific sexual acts, psychological characteristics, and the goals of the sex education curriculum in Chinese middle schools. (JDH)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Chinese Culture, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
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Fine, Michelle; McClelland, Sara – Harvard Educational Review, 2006
Nearly twenty years after the publication of Michelle Fine's essay "Sexuality, Schooling, and Adolescent Females: The Missing Discourse of Desire," the question of how sexuality education influences the development and health of adolescents remains just as relevant as it was in 1988. In this article, Michelle Fine and Sara McClelland examine the…
Descriptors: Females, Curriculum Development, Young Adults, Sexuality
Duryea, Elias J.; And Others – 1984
A study explored a number of variables related to the health decision making of 43 ninth grade students from Montana and New York. Students filled out a questionnaire which had them first read a short drinking and driving scenario and then answer questions which asked them to: (1) make a decision; (2) report how long they would take to make their…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development
Coombe Lodge Report, 1990
These four reprinted reports from 1975-1982 direct their attention primarily at the curriculum entitlement of young people in Great Britain. Three educators provide a linking commentary to the present time. An introduction (Flower) describes the context in which the reports were written and traces the genesis of the thinking of the Study Group on…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Continuing Education
Han, Jong-ha; And Others – 1983
The cognitive development and affective development of Korean secondary school students were studied to obtain information for the development of curricula and texts, particularly for teaching the English language. Subjects responding to objective tests included 3,164 male and female students from 54 classes of 18 middle schools, and 1,981 male…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Cognitive Development
Mee, Cynthia S. – 1997
Noting the need for middle school educators to learn directly from their students how they view the world, school, and their own learning, this book details findings from a study that used a quasi-ethnographic approach to examine the perceptions of young adolescents. Participating in the study were 2,000 adolescents, 10- to 15-year-olds. Subjects…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Age Differences