FRHD 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Human Sexuality, Health Education, Family Life Education

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2100
• Professor: Robin Milhausen

Document Summary

Sexual health education in the schools: a brief history. Nature study focused on biological reproduction with the objective of inducing children to adopt standards of abstinence, chasity before marriage and procreative marital sex. In 1960s and 70s most students received little sexual health education information was provided in programs called (cid:494)family life education (cid:523)fle(cid:524) which. One third of canadian schools provided fle (barrett) Gradual implementation of fle was due to increasing concern about teen pregnancy focused on human reproduction, puberty and birth control combined with increasing societal openness about sexuality. Hiv/aids, high rates of stis and that youth were sexually active in teens, promoted most secondary schools in canda to introduce some form of sexuality education part of grade 9 health course. Sexual education often receives limited time and attention in the classroom. In elementary grades, instruction tends to focus on biological development: teen years changes associated with puberty are focused on.