Roxana Aguilar Alonso, Kerryann Walsh, Lisa van Leent & Claire Moran (2023) School-based relationships and sexuality education programmes in primary schools: contexts, mechanisms and outcomes, Sex Education, DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2023.2167816 Abstract: This paper presents findings from a literature review on relationships and sexuality education for primary (elementary) school programme...
Results of the 7th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health (SSASH)
Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, December 2022 The Australian National Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health (SSASH) survey is a national study exploring the sexual health and well-being of school-age young people in Australia. The study explores young people’s experiences of sex, relationships, sexual health and school-based relationships and...
Teachers’ perspectives on relationships and sex education lessons in England
Cumper, Peter; Adams, Sarah; Onyejekwe, Kerry and O’Reilly, Michelle (2023). Teachers’ perspectives on relationships and sex education lessons in England. Sex Education, DOI: Abstract Recent changes to the law in England require all primary schools to teach Relationships Education and all secondary schools to teach Relationships and Sex Education (RSE). Our focus in this article is on the voices...
Queensland overhauls sex education with the Respectful Relationships Education Hub
Queensland Government, October 2022 The Queensland government has overhauled the way respectful relationships and sexual consent is taught in schools. Revamped educational materials — such as lesson plans — are available for Queensland teachers to use with students from next year. The Respectful Relationships Hub also contains resources for parents and carers, and for students. In March 2021, the...
Research demonstrates student support for SHINE SA’s Relationships and Sexual Health Program
SHINE SA, October 13, 2021 Recent research demonstrates student support for SHINE SA’s comprehensive relationships and sexual health curriculum. The study draws on surveys completed by 29,533 South Australian secondary students aged 12-16 years conducted over a twelve-year period between 2006-2017. University of Adelaide researcher Sophie Kedzior1, analysed surveys of students who had engaged...
“Sex Ed”: Young people, consent and the Australian curriculum (Video of webinar)
ANROWS, July 5th 2021 Adolescence is a time where ideas and beliefs about relationships, including gender roles and sex, are being developed. Sexual and consent education occurs through various pathways including schools, youth services, the media, families and parenting, and peers and pornography. Evidence shows that pornography impacts knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about sex, intimacy...