The formative role of media and social transformation on attitudes to sex education

• Authors: Karolina Czerwiec , Katarzyna Potyrała
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Issues regarding sexuality should be considered against their biological and social context. Trends in educational change result from new understanding and social and cultural transformation. Questions have arisen about a new model for sex education in view of social transformation and the increasing role of media in attitude formation (Chomczyńska-Miliszkiewicz, 2002; Giddens, 2007; Izdebski, Wąż, 2011). The hypothesis is that informal sources of information on human sexuality significantly influence formal education in this respect through shaping teacher and student attitudes and popularisation of specific knowledge and behaviour models. The verification of this hypothesis was attempted in the study reported here, involving 101 teachers and student biology teachers. This educational experiment included a diagnostic survey and a focused interview. Thurston’s scale was applied. Conclusions from the study suggested recommendations regarding sex education at various stages of education and revealed new areas for research on the educational role of social transformation.

Keywords

EN

formal and non-formal education; media; sex education; social transformation; teacher and student attitudes

• Publisher: Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych
• Journal: Edukacja Biologiczna i Środowiskowa
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 47-52

Dates

published

2014-03-28

Contributors

author

Karolina Czerwiec

author

Katarzyna Potyrała