Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
Sexual Education
Compare contrast
Sexuality education
Social learning theory views education as an inculcation in social norms. Sexuality education requires the individual to learn the biological mechanics of sexuality, but also to understand the social assumptions connected to this facet of human life. Sexuality is not acquired instinctively, even though puberty is a biological phenomenon all adolescents experience. Sexuality is also about acquiring social norms and knowledge. Learning never takes place in isolation. Sexual norms are not learned simply through formal sex education, but also from peers and the media. However, sexual education must strive to counteract misinformation and negative stereotypes, empowering students with facts. Sexual education in the classroom must counteract some of the negative misinformation students will learn, and...
"Modeling positive and healthy sexuality-related behavior to youth is extremely important" (Social learning theory, 2009, National Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention). If adults are able to address sexuality in an open and forthright manner, so will teens. They must embody the values of respect and dignity they wish teens to emulate. Finally, "the theory suggests there are three steps to learning: knowledge, motivation and self-efficacy" (Social learning theory, 2009, National Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention). After learning from others and feeling motivated because of the positive feelings teens receive from their knowledge, teen learners are able to use it on…
References
Cherry, Kendra. (2011). Moral development. Retrieved:
http://psychology.about.com/od/developmentalpsychology/a/kohlberg.htm
Social learning theory. (2009). National Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention.
Retrieved: http://www.etr.org/recapp/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.TheoriesDetail&PageID=385
In comparison to traditional sexual education programs, it provides absolutely no benefit, and conceivably causes additional harm attributable to the deliberate withholding of invaluable information about STD transmission and unwanted pregnancy. As part of its message, it distorts the truth about the relative effectiveness of condom use, thereby only decreasing the likelihood that teenagers who ultimately choose to reject abstinence (as virtually all adults do in our society before
Schulman illustrates this by reference to Bob Dylan's lyrics, whose images (such as Isis) evoke the spiritual quests of the New Age mysticism and whose outlaw heroes voice an angry suspicion again established institutional authority (Schulman, 147). The same hostility to mainstream values was repeated in iconoclastic directors such as Cassavetes and Scorsese. One sees as well that the 1970s critiques of religion were not based on evolutionary science
Sexual Assault Treatment Center Describe the social problem for the community Sexual assault is a criminal sexual act, either physical or otherwise, committed by a perpetrator against a victim (usually a child) using physical, intimidation/force, or emotional manipulation. Sexual assault subjects the victim to the perpetrator's demands through use of coercion, force, manipulation or explicit/implicit threats. Sexual assault is considered criminal because the act is committed against a victim without seeking his
Social Cost of Abstinence-Only Sex Education Comprehensive Sex Education The High Social Cost of Abstinence-Only Sex Education in the United States The American Abstinence-Only Movement In the United States there has been a social and legislative movement favoring abstinence-only sex education over the past 30 years (reviewed by Starkman and Rajani, 2002). Abstinence-only sex education programs do not include information on the purpose and use of contraceptives and by default promote chastity as the
While both gender and race are positionalities that are difficult to hide (not that one should need or want to, anyway), sexual orientation is not necessarily something that is known about a person, and its affects on the learning process can be very different. The very fact that sexual orientation can be hidden can create a situation where the learner closes off, hiding not only their sexuality but demurring away
Sex Education Between Public and Private School A person's appreciation of sexual activities of human beings impacts one's own discernment and the capability to recount with others. Every person ought to be slowly made aware of one's sexual feelings. Sex and sexuality should not be viewed distinctly. If education relating to sex remains restricted to the hardnosed regulations controlling some activities devoid of relating to the complete individual and his