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dc.contributor.authorCollier-Harris, Christine
dc.contributor.authorGoldman, Juliette
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-16T05:41:08Z
dc.date.available2018-08-16T05:41:08Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn1468-1811
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14681811.2016.1225259
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/143130
dc.description.abstractThe processes of puberty, including reproductive fertility and social-role transitions, now begin earlier, last longer, and are experienced in very different contexts. Because of this, all children and adolescents need good-quality puberty education in school curricula, and this need is supported by positive cost–benefit analysis and international professional consensus. The introduction of a new nationwide curriculum is an ideal opportunity to seek evidence for the presence of puberty education, in this case, in the Australian Curriculum. This study, a concise account of the first-known search for such evidence, aims to examine the compulsory curriculum Content Descriptions in the subject Learning Areas (LAs) developed for Australian students in Years 1–10. Quantitative and qualitative content analyses were conducted of audits taken at critical learning/teaching stages for students aged 5, 10 and 15. Findings highlight negligible levels of puberty education presence, even in the LA of Health and Physical Education (HPE), but immense potential for the inclusion of puberty education in all audited LAs. The introduction of consistent, continuous and competent programmes in all school years would likely enhance students’ well-being, health and safety, educational outcomes and life chances.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto16
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSex Education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and Pedagogy not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and Pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther Studies in Human Society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode130299
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1302
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1699
dc.titleIs puberty education evident in Australia’s first national curriculum?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGoldman, Juliette
gro.griffith.authorCollier-Harris, Christine A.


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