Summaries

Sex , schools and students

`Sex , schools and students ' is an article by Fatima Measham , who looks at the controversies surrounding where and how lessons on sexual health should be taught by examining two arguments by Associate Professor Anne Mitchell and Christy Measham , an education officer . Amid the trend of young people being increasingly involved in sexual activity , the article suggests that reliable information from a trusted source is important and both parents and the school should take part in helping young people understand about sexual health

According to Professor Anne Mitchell

, to some extent school is the best place to teach young people about sexual health as students are a captive audience and they will be helped in developing a mature sexual ethic . She argues that parents ' fear that children learn too much too soon can be misplaced because young people are exposed to sexual contents in the media at a very early age . The effective solution therefore , is the collaboration between parents and the school Similarly , Christy Measham believes that children are , unrealized by parents , already exposed to sexual messages from the media at a young age but such exposure can be countered by timely and appropriate information . Moreover , as Measham explains , sexual education is not simply a one-off ' lesson because children also learn from observing adults ' behaviour towards this issue

The article further suggests that sex education is no longer a simply theoretical and biological lesson but has moved towards building `personal skills ' and concludes by citing Mitchell...