Effectiveness of sexuality education curriculum in primary schools based on sexual health knowledge and gender stereotypes
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2019.03.010
- VernacularTitle:基于性知识和性别刻板印象的小学性教育课程效果评价
- Author:
LIU Jingyun, LIU Wenli
1
Author Information
1. Beijing Normal University Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing(100875), China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Sex;
Knowledge;
Stereotyping;
Health education;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2019;40(3):350-354
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the effectiveness of six-year sexuality education curriculum in primary school by analyzing the influence of sexuality education on students’ sexual health knowledge and gender stereotype.
Methods:A primary school offering sexuality education courses in Daxing District of Beijing was selected as an experimental school. Another school with similar location, nature, scale and equipment conditions was selected as a control school. A questionnaire survey was conducted at the end of the spring semester in 2017 among all the graduates of the two schools. The experimental school graduates received 6 years of sexuality education in grade 1 to grade 6 of primary school.
Results:The average scores of sexual health knowledge in experimental school and control school were 62.05±10.26 and 49.52±8.64 respectively, with significantly statistical difference(t=8.74, P<0.05). There was a significant difference in the scores of stereotype between male and female students in the two schools (the experimental school was 2.12±0.41 and 3.88±0.42, while the control school was 1.93±0.41 and 4.05±0.38). The differences were of statistical significance compared with the degree of non-stereotype(P<0.05). There were significant differences in the scores of male and female subscales between the two schools(t=3.12, -2.70, P<0.05). Gender sterotypes in the experimental school were significantly lower than those in the control school.
Conclusion:Sexuality education curriculum can help improve students’ sexual health knowledge and reduce their gender stereotypes which will enhance gender equality awareness, it can’t eliminate children’s gender stereotypes.
