Should sex education happen in class, or online?
by Sara Ring
April 14, 2008
Is sex education going digital? Already, savvy teens are finding information about sex online: podcasts [2] with entertaining but informative videos, Web sites that offer personalized health information, and even video games in which users win points for avoiding risky behavior. A 2007 study [3] of high-risk teens found that the ones who took sex-education classes online became less sexually active than those who attended small group-counseling sessions. Teens may simply prefer the privacy and anonymity online services provide, but because online information is unfiltered and unsupervised, many of those who want sex education for teens favor in-class sessions taught by trained educators. Should educators teach sex-education classes, or should they assign students lessons to complete online? Tell us what you think!
Links:
[1] http://www.edutopia.org/sara-ring
[2] http://midwestteensexshow.com
[3] http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/965917/computerized_hiv_preventive_intervention_for_adolescents_indications_of_efficacy/index.html "target="new
[4] http://www.edutopia.org/node/5426/results
[5] http://www.edutopia.org/midwest-sex-show
[6] http://midwestteensexshow.com/ "target="new
[7] https://www.mystudentbody.com/login.asp "target="new
[8] http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/24/BUHHUJ7QB.DTL&hw=sextech conference&sn=001&sc=1000
[9] http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/12/27/getting_real_with_sex_education/ "target="new