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The global trend towards smaller families is a reflection of people making reproductive choices to have as few or as many children as they want, when they want. When people lack choice, it can have a long-term impact on fertility rates, often making them higher or lower than what most people desire.
Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) was introduced into the curriculum of Primary Schools in 1998. The programme in schools was guided by the Health and Family Life Education Scope and Sequence for Grades 1-6, published in June, 1998. The programme achieved important successes. However, it has been argued that, given the challenges that children face in their daily lives, a more definitive “life skills” focus is required to help students manage the situations they encounter. In fact, advocates argue that a “life skills” approach should be adopted in the teaching of HFLE. …
Esta Guía Metodológica, es parte de los esfuerzos del MINED, planteados en el Plan Social Educativo, como parte del desarrollo de la Educación Familiar en los centros educativos, en particular, apoya la estrategia de Talleres; sin embargo, las temáticas planteadas sobre Educación Integral de la Sexualidad pueden ser adaptadas a las Asambleas y Convivios familiares o a otros procesos específicos como las reuniones familiares, mini campamentos familiares, caminatas familiares, itinerarios de valores, entre otros. …
Una nueva propuesta para docentes de la modalidad de Educación de jóvenes y adultos. Este nuevo material incluye propuestas de enseñanza basadas en la revista "Educación Sexual Integral para charlar en familia" como bibliografía de trabajo y de apoyo para trabajar con las y los estudiantes de la modalidad.
El Ministerio de Educación, desde la Dirección de Tutoría y Orientación Educativa (DITOE), está comprometido con la importante tarea de brindar Educación Sexual Integral en las instituciones educativas, comprendiendo que la sexualidad es inseparable de la persona humana desde el nacimiento y está presente en cada momento de nuestra vida. …
El Ministerio de Educación, rector de la política educativa, consciente de la importancia que se debe ofrecer a la Educación Preventiva Integral de los Usos y Consumos Problemáticos de Alcohol, Tabaco y otras Drogas, propone material pedagógico para abordar el fenómeno social de las drogas en el Sistema Nacional de Educación. …
In the United States, more than 54 million young people are enrolled in elementary and secondary schools. Because young people attend school about six hours a day approximately 180 days per year, schools are in a unique position to help improve the health status of children and adolescents throughout the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with state and local education and health agencies, developed the School Health Profiles (Profiles) to measure school health policies and practices. …
Globally, several studies have pointed to the positive impact that life skills-based health education programmes have on the attitudes and behaviours of young people, but no such evaluation had been conducted in the Caribbean. With the development of a Regional Curriculum Framework to support the delivery of Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) in CARICOM countries, it was considered an opportune time to not only monitor the implementation of the Framework but to also assess its impact on students. …
These three leaflets are addressed to students, teachers, and families, respectively. Their aim is to highlight the importance of the problem and work on the various aspects of prevention: firstly, to provide clear and accurate information about risks and social consequences that produces alcohol consumption, and secondly, to question young people about their consumption practices and social representations behind them.
This document is one of six booklets produced for the Belize Primary School HFLE Curriculum. This curriculum covers the following strands: self and interpersonal relationships, sexuality and sexual health, eating and fitness, managing the environment.
Este material educativo elaborado por la Dirección de Tutoría y Orientación Educativa (DITOE) del Ministerio de Educación para trabajar con madres y padres de familia, se enmarca en los Lineamientos Educativos y Orientaciones Pedagógicas para la Educación Sexual Integral (DITOE, 2008a). En dichos Lineamientos se identifican algunas dificultades que tienen madres y padres de familia para brindar información y orientación a sus hijas e hijos en temas de sexualidad, entre ellas puede mencionarse las siguientes: - No se sienten preparados para orientar en temas de sexualidad a sus hijas e hijos. …
The Welcoming Schools Guide is a comprehensive resource that facilitates the creation of fully inclusive, respectful and supportive elementary school environments for all students and their families. …
This guide provides advice and tips for families to deal with anti-gay harassment.
This study investigated the experiences of 132 LGBT and heterosexual teachers and school administrators in Ontario, Canada. Participants completed a survey that asked about their comfort addressing LGBT issues in the school setting, how safe they felt, how active they were, and their perceptions of barriers. There were few differences between the LGBT and heterosexual respondents. However, respondents whose school district had an anti-LGBT harassment policy felt more supported, comfortable, and protected. …
Drawing primarily on three case studies, this article proposes a framework that those concerned about the welfare of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth can consider when developing, evaluating, or arguing for more effective programming: a relational assets approach. The relational assets approach merges the developmental assets framework outlined by adolescent development researchers and the voice-centered relational work of feminist psychologists. …
