Friday 15 April 2011

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY

However, most of the experts believe that children and young people want and need sexuality as early and comprehensively as possible. Yet, there are researchers believed that early sexual education may have unintended consequences like sexual activity at a younger age and promiscuity.
According to the articles and journals that we had gone through, we found that there are several methods that used in this topic – Why is it important to impart sexual education in young children? In this assignment, we decided to use literature review as our research method.
From the resources gained, we found that the issues of sexual education and its effects on young children is still under investigation and has not reached exact agreement. Some researchers argued that early sex education can diminish the rate of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.
According to the International Technical Guidance on sexuality education, the overarching topics under which learning objectives have been defined are organized around six key concepts:
1. Relationships
2. Values, attitudes and skills
3. Culture, society and human rights
4. Human development
5. Sexual behaviour
6. Sexual and reproductive health
Each of these topics is linked to specific learning objectives. They are grouped according to the four age levels, and are intending outcomes of working from the particular topics. Learning objectives are defined at the level when they should first be introduced; however they need to be reinforced across different age levels.
When a programme begins with elder students, it might need to cover topics and learning objectives from earlier age levels. Based on the requirements of a country or region specific characteristics, such as social and cultural norms and epidemiological context, the contents of the learning objectives could be adjusted to be included within earlier or later age levels.

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