Digital Media and Relationships, Sex, and Health Education in the Classroom
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| Title: | Digital Media and Relationships, Sex, and Health Education in the Classroom |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Setty, Emily (ORCID |
| Source: | Pastoral Care in Education. 2023 41(3):289-305. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Educational Technology, Sex Education, Health Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Technology Uses in Education, Peer Teaching, Social Media, Influences, Sexuality, LGBTQ People, Social Influences, Cultural Influences |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02643944.2022.2095418 |
| ISSN: | 0264-3944 1468-0122 |
| Abstract: | Young people's socio-sexual lives and development have become increasingly digitally mediated over recent years. There are implications for classroom-based Relationships, Sex, and Health Education (RSHE), which has recently been made mandatory in most state-maintained schools in England. The evidence base pertaining to good practice in RSHE is extensive and identifies a need for RSHE to be relatable and relevant to learners, and to position learners as active participants in the pedagogic process. Typically, young people's use of digital media is considered a risk or problem to address in RSHE and this includes their use of digital media for formal and informal learning about sex and relationships. This paper explores the potential value of digital media to classroom based RSHE. It considers how using digital media in the classroom could help to convey material in a relatable and relevant way, including how the 'influencer model' may represent a new opportunity for or form of peer delivered education. It also discusses the value of strengthening young people's skills in identifying reliable and trustworthy content and in applying the content to their own lives, which may necessitate opportunities for independent and self-directed learning away from the classroom. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1397621 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Young people's socio-sexual lives and development have become increasingly digitally mediated over recent years. There are implications for classroom-based Relationships, Sex, and Health Education (RSHE), which has recently been made mandatory in most state-maintained schools in England. The evidence base pertaining to good practice in RSHE is extensive and identifies a need for RSHE to be relatable and relevant to learners, and to position learners as active participants in the pedagogic process. Typically, young people's use of digital media is considered a risk or problem to address in RSHE and this includes their use of digital media for formal and informal learning about sex and relationships. This paper explores the potential value of digital media to classroom based RSHE. It considers how using digital media in the classroom could help to convey material in a relatable and relevant way, including how the 'influencer model' may represent a new opportunity for or form of peer delivered education. It also discusses the value of strengthening young people's skills in identifying reliable and trustworthy content and in applying the content to their own lives, which may necessitate opportunities for independent and self-directed learning away from the classroom. |
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| ISSN: | 0264-3944 1468-0122 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02643944.2022.2095418 |
