Skip to main content
Indiana University Bloomington
  •  
  •  

Hutton Honors College

 —  Mini-Series on Sex Education

HHC Mini-Series: Sex Education in Different Countries and Cultures

You may sign-up for either or both of the programs in this mini-series as your first choice among HHC spring programs if space is available.


International Perspectives on Sex Education
Mon., Feb. 5, 2007 * 7-8:30 p.m. * Honors House, 324 N. Jordan Ave. * SIGN-UP REQUIRED

For many students in the United States, sex education is part of their school curriculum. Is the same true in other parts of the world? If there are large variations in sex education within the United States, how different could the variations be around the world? Join IU faculty members who are experts on other parts of the world, including Jean Robinson from the Department of Political Science; Heidi Ross, director of the East Asian Studies Center and faculty member in the School of Education; Lessie Frazier from the Department of Gender Studies; Dorothea Schulz of the Department of Religious Studies; and other students to discuss sex education policies and practices in various countries, cultures, and religions. Come learn about the ways in which other countries perceive sex, and why different countries and cultures treat sex education differently. Refreshments will be served.


Sex Education in the United States: Teaching the Next Generation
NEW DATE: Tues., Feb. 20, 2007 * 7:30-9 p.m. * Honors House, 324 N. Jordan Ave. * SIGN-UP REQUIRED

What do youngsters need to know about sex?
When do they need to know it?
Who should teach them?
What should be taught in schools?
How should it be taught?
If you had the responsibility for setting the curriculum for sex education in a school in the United States, what do you think would be the toughest issues? And how might you address them? Would your policies differ if you were setting policies for a public school in a rural area? a public school in a large city? a private school in a suburb? What are the different values and issues you would need to consider—religion, culture, politics, student behavior?—and what compromises would you be willing to make? Join Jesse Goodman of the School of Education and fellow students to discuss these issues and how to tackle them. This interactive program will challenge you to consider perspectives other than your own and to negotiate a consensus with those who hold different views on how we might teach the next generation about sex. Refreshments will be served.


Spring 2007 Programs | Extracurricular Home