Sex education and age of sexual enlightenment in western sociology

<p>The article provides an overview of major international studies on the issue of sexual education of children and adolescents. We consider sex education lesson standards in schools of Europe and America, and the subject of these lessons. The article also provides an analysis of lessons incor...

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Main Author: Elena V. Shul’gina
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Russian Academy of Sciences (FCTAS RAS), Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology 2016-01-01
Series:Социологическая наука и социальная практика
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Online Access:https://www.jour.fnisc.ru/index.php/socjour/article/view/3220/3014
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description <p>The article provides an overview of major international studies on the issue of sexual education of children and adolescents. We consider sex education lesson standards in schools of Europe and America, and the subject of these lessons. The article also provides an analysis of lessons incorporating sex education into the school curriculum of a country and their implementation. Foreign researchers obtained data from sociological surveys of parents of pupils and the pupils themselves about their attitude to the introduction of a sex education course, and the quality of lessons, is presented. On the basis the analysis carried out, the main trends in the development of sex education, its inclusion in the school curriculum in foreign countries, as well as the average age of starting to receive information on sexual subject matter are identified.</p>
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Sex education and age of sexual enlightenment in western sociology
Социологическая наука и социальная практика
sex education
age
research
curriculum
parents
education
title Sex education and age of sexual enlightenment in western sociology
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title_fullStr Sex education and age of sexual enlightenment in western sociology
title_full_unstemmed Sex education and age of sexual enlightenment in western sociology
title_short Sex education and age of sexual enlightenment in western sociology
title_sort sex education and age of sexual enlightenment in western sociology
topic sex education
age
research
curriculum
parents
education
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