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Keywords
Sex instruction for teenagers -- Iowa; Sex instruction for teenagers; Iowa;
Abstract
The present study investigated what content in the area of human sexuality was being delivered to secondary students in the state of Iowa. The study was a descriptive study, which investigated the lesson plans used by the teacher(s) who delivered the participating school's sexuality education component. Specifically, the study compared what information schools cited that they were delivering to secondary students with a preset coding system developed by Ogletree, Rienzo, Drolet & Fetro (1995) to evaluate sexuality education curricula. Three areas were looked at which included sexually related content, skill building strategies, and teaching strategies. Results indicated that the participating schools reported, on average, using well under half of the best practice criteria. Further analysis of the submitted lesson plans suggested that the content delivered was primarily biologically based with an emphasis on disease prevention. The skill building strategies that were reported being used were lecture-based examinations of decision making and perceived STD/HIV risks. The instructional strategies reported that were used by a majority of the schools included lecture format, audiovisual materials, and large group discussion. How the results reflect best practice is discussed with an emphasis of how people, specifically adolescents, learn, process, and generalize information about human intimacy and sexuality in their everyday lives.
Year of Submission
2002
Degree Name
Specialist in Education
Department
Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations
First Advisor
Donald W. Schmits
Date Original
2001
Object Description
1 PDF file (100 leaves)
Copyright
©2001 Brian Poncy
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Poncy, Brian, "A descriptive analysis of sexuality education in the state of Iowa : what content is being delivered to secondary students?" (2002). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 1180.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/1180
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