The Benefits of Incorporating Comprehensive Sex Education into a Curriculum as Early as Kindergarten
Term
Spring 2022
Capstone
Capstone Project
Degree Name
MAT
Facilitator(s)
Shelley Orr and Maggie Struck
Content Expert
Kelsey Budd
Abstract
Research has demonstrated that there are a variety of benefits that students, schools, and communities experience when comprehensive sex education is implemented. These benefits include positive changes in student mental and sexual health, positive changes in violence reduction amongst students, and positive changes in community norms. The capstone project created as a result of this research is a website that advocates for comprehensive sex education in the state of Minnesota. The website is meant to be a resource for both parents and educators to learn about comprehensive curriculum, the current sex education standards and where they are lacking, and to have the option to encourage legislators to change the standards so that comprehensive curriculum is a requirement for all students.
Project Type
Website Creation
Keywords
Curriculum, Gender, Interdisciplinary Teaching, Social Justice
Recommended Citation
Laughlin, Emma, "The Benefits of Incorporating Comprehensive Sex Education into a Curriculum as Early as Kindergarten" (2022). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 789.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/789
Type
text
Publisher
Hamline University
Format
application/pdf
Source
School of Education Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations at Hamline University