A Survey Of Sex Education Provision In Secondary Schools

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Sex education can be provided, and indeed is best provided, through a number of different routes.These include parents and the media as well as school-based sex education. However, while sex education is often discussed, particularly in the press, surprisingly little is known about the current provision of sex education in many schools and what is known is based on anecdotal evidence. It was for this reason AVERT decided to conduct a survey that examined the general condition of sex education by providing quantitative data.

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A Survey of Sex Education Provision in Secondary Schools James Lawrence Annabel Kanabus David Regis A Survey of Sex Education in Secondary Schools Published by AVERT 4 Brighton Road, Horsham, West Sussex RH13 5BA tel: 01403 210202 fax: 01403 211001 e-mail: [email protected] Copyright © AVERT 2000 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a data retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without permission in writing from the publisher. First published 2000 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1-898616-13-2 AVERT is a Registered Charity (No. 1074849) Contents Preface vi Introduction 1 Methods 3 Survey results Which topics are being covered in sex education? To what depth are topics covered in sex education? When are topics covered in sex education? Which factors influence the teaching of sex education? Telephone survey 4 4 6 8 10 12 Conclusions and