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Direct linkHeather Marshall – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2025
This paper critically evaluates societal reactions to integrating LGBTQ+ content into the Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) curriculum in England and Wales. Utilising Stanley Cohen's theory of moral panics, it examines the roles of media, moral entrepreneurs, authorities, and the public in shaping debates around educational reforms. The paper…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Course Content, Sex Education, Interpersonal Relationship
Sinai Harel; Beverley Anne Yamamoto – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2025
Comprehensive Sexuality Education has been acknowledged globally for its role in advancing young people's Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. Yet, notable variation exists in definitions and interpretations of what comprehensive means, exposing tensions between international and local values and agendas. This research focused on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Curriculum, Course Content
Tabaac, Ariella R.; Johns, Michelle M.; Zubizarreta, Dougie; Haneuse, Sebastien; Tan, Andy S.L.; Austin, S. Bryn; Potter, Jennifer; Lindberg, Laura; Charlton, Brittany M. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Sexual health education experienced by lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth varies widely in relevancy and representation. However, associations among sexual orientation, type of sex education, and exposure to affirming or disaffirming content have yet to be examined. Understanding these patterns can help to address gaps in LGB-sensitive sex…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Sex Education, Curriculum, LGBTQ People
Brasileiro, Julia; Widman, Laura; Norwalk, Kate; Mccrimmon, Jordyn; Mullins, Lily – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
This study investigated whether youth involved with the child welfare system in the USA are receiving formal and informal sex education. Data come from the Second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Wellbeing, a nationally representative sample of children and adolescents in contact with child protective services. Participants included young…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Sex Education, Access to Education, Adolescents
Jeffrey L. Hurst; Laura Widman; Julia Brasileiro; Anne J. Maheux; Reina Evans-Paulson; Sophia Choukas-Bradley – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
While most parents support their adolescents receiving school-based sex education, there is variability in which sex education topics receive the most support from parents. Conservative political orientation and greater religiosity have been independently associated with parents' lack of support for school-based sex education; however, no studies…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Political Attitudes, Sex Education, Religious Factors
Muscari, Emma; Littleton, Heather; Cunnane, Lindsey – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Given the prevalence of sexual assault and intimate partner violence in adolescence and young adulthood, it is critical to understand how content on these topics is integrated into school-based sex education as a potential intervention point. However, little research has evaluated how formal sex education on sexual assault and intimate partner…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Violence, Sex Education
Ngwibete Atenchong; Timothy Oluwasola – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
Mothers continue to be a major source of sex education for their children. This study explored the attitudes and practices of internally displaced mothers in providing sex-related education to their children in a camp settlement in Nigeria. A qualitative approach was used, and data were elicited from women in three focus group discussions. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Parent Attitudes, Parent Role
Berglas, Nancy F.; Yang, Clara; Gutmann-Gonzalez, Abigail; Decker, Martha J. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Despite national guidelines advocating a comprehensive, age-appropriate, and sequential approach to sexual health education in schools, many young people in the USA do not receive sexual health information until high school. To date, there has been little research on the need for a supplemental round of sexual health education -- a 'booster' --…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Rural Schools, Adolescents, Young Adults
Almanssori, Salsabel – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
This article derives from part of a larger study on sexual violence prevention in teacher education that analyses the narratives of fifteen teacher candidates in an Ontario university. It begins by providing a rationale for the research, which engages emerging teachers as key stakeholders in prevention education. Narrative inquiry was conducted to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Sexual Abuse, Violence
Chinelli, Alice; Salfa, Maria Cristina; Cellini, Andrea; Ceccarelli, Luca; Farinella, Massimo; Rancilio, Laura; Galipò, Rosario; Meli, Paolo; Camposeragna, Antonella; Colaprico, Ludovica; Oldrini, Massimo; Ubbiali, Marco; Caraglia, Anna; Martinelli, Domenico; Mortari, Luigina; Palamara, Anna Teresa; Suligoi, Barbara; Tavoschi, Lara – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Comprehensive sexuality education is an important means of promoting sexual well-being amongst young people and is key to preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, sexuality education is not currently included in the formal curriculum in Italian schools. The aim of this study was to develop an inventory of school-based sexuality…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Curriculum, Prevention
Farrelly, Nicola; Barter, Christine; Stanley, Nicky – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Children's experience of harm and abuse has a profound impact on their health and well-being. In response, school-based prevention programmes have been developed and delivered by external organisations with the aim of improving children's awareness and understanding of forms of harm and abuse which may affect them, encouraging them to seek help if…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Child Abuse, Interpersonal Relationship
Walker, Ruth; Mangelsdorf, Ruby; Leahy, Deana; Boyle, Jaqueline – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Young people aged >15 years (Years 11 and 12 students) in Australia are unlikely to receive school-based sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education. The aims of this study were to gather the perspectives of young people regarding their experiences of school-based SRH education and explore what they considered should be the core components…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 11, Grade 12, Secondary School Students
G.J. Melendez-Torres; Ruth Ponsford; Rebecca Meiksin; Nerissa Tilouche; Neisha Sundaram; Joanna Sturgess; Elizabeth Allen; Maria Lohan; Honor Young; Alison Hadley; Rona Campbell; Chris Bonell – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
Student-reported quality and coverage of school-based relationships and sex education (RSE) vary, with gender/sexual-minority and disadvantaged students reporting poorer provision. Experience of RSE among younger adolescents is under-explored. We examined student-reported RSE coverage and priorities and how coverage, and sexual-health knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Sexuality, Sex Education
Strnadová, Iva; Danker, Joanne; Carter, Allison – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
Sex education is critical for the development of healthy sexual identity and relationships. However, students with intellectual disability and/or on the autism spectrum often receive less holistic sex education in comparison to their neurotypical counterparts. A scoping review was undertaken to determine parents', teachers' and students'…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities
Hunt, Cynthia – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
To gain an understanding of how students perceive the messages they receive in their K-12 school-based sex education (SBSE) courses, it is important to talk with students who have recently taken these courses. This paper explores the curricula, messaging and environments of sex education courses delivered in schools in Ohio through twenty in-depth…
Descriptors: College Students, Sex Education, Student Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
