tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958233504883253.post8348031073428241445..comments2023-09-17T11:18:48.053+01:00Comments on Education For Choice: We're not scared of talking about sex. SRE...NOWEducation For Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16482936978729743948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958233504883253.post-69355835618071759982011-06-09T13:28:09.284+01:002011-06-09T13:28:09.284+01:00I agree to a certain extent and certainly all of E...I agree to a certain extent and certainly all of EFC's resources are aimed at small group work and getting the students to talk. However, the issue of abortion fills many teachers with dread and most find that one training session is sufficient to alleviate their fears, and provide them with the basic information, understanding and increased confidence they need to use the resources effectively. Obviously hundreds of schools buy our resources each year without attending training so some teachers are happy just being handed resources and getting on with it.<br /><br />I think the real point is that the Minister was trying to imply that lack of consistent sex education was somehow inevitable because we are all so tongue-tied and useless and that sex is priveleged and different from all other subjects and we can't be trained or supported to talk about it. Of course I believe we can...Education For Choicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16482936978729743948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958233504883253.post-45002711307408833322011-06-08T19:01:57.733+01:002011-06-08T19:01:57.733+01:00I agree with a lot of what is said here. I would ...I agree with a lot of what is said here. I would add, though, that it is not whether teachers can talk about sex but whether the students in their classrooms talk about sex. <br /><br />I am more interested in resources that enable students to work in small groups, talk amongst themselves and share ideas with the rest of the class. Such resources wouldn't necessarily require highly trained teachers to facilitate them.<br /><br />My view is that there has been far too much emphasis on attempting to train teachers to the point that they feel competent and confident about discussing sexual issues. For the vast majority of teachers SRE represents such a small fragment of their teaching workload that even if they had the training they simply wouldn't have enough practise at it to build up those skills. <br /><br />Having 'good enough' facilitation skills of carefully developed classroom resources is a more realistic option.David Evanshttp://www.sreproject.orgnoreply@blogger.com