Reports research that sheds light on the relative value of two explanations of receptivity, i.e., how people are oriented internally toward proposed innovations rather than how they behave in relation to those innovations. Data was gathered in a higher educational setting and involved faculty responses to a number of proposed organizational…

Explores the attitudes of inner-city, ninth-grade male students and the relationship of these attitudes to intended choice of educational program in the tenth grade. Ninth grade is an important time in career development since the tenth grade is the point where vocational and college programs begin. (Author/RK)

Sex education provides information about sexual functioning and helps students develop healthy attitudes toward sex. Several new approaches are available to educators to facilitate sexual development. Discusses four such approaches: (a) values clarification, (b) moral development exercises, (c) role working and (d) human potential exercises.…

In order to provide the type of data necessary for sex education program implementation, a two-part study was undertaken by the authors, with the cooperation of the Planned Parenthood League, to explore teen knowledge of contraception, abortion, reproduction, and venereal disease, and to ascertain whether education in these areas results in…

Discusses the introduction of a sex education pilot program and its subsequent development in District 31 schools in Staten Island, New York, in 1967. (Author/RK)

A teacher describes his experiences teaching sex education, how his program began and developed, and offers suggestions for starting a sex education program. (RK)

Considers some approaches in the area of specific academic course work opportunities in the development of a comprehensive human sexuality program. (Author/RK)

Deal with one instance in which the Government of Bermuda sought to effect social change. Discusses the author's experiences in introducing a sex education program there as well as the implications of that program's development for five social problems, which Bermuda faces in its struggle to maintain economic survival. (RK)

Presents some common practices and procedures that can be used as working guidelines for those considering the efficacy of peer programs in teaching sex education. (Author/RK)

Describes sexual health care programs established on college campuses and in a few high schools, discusses many aspects of effective sex education in one of the outstanding programs, and outlines methods used to promote the need for such a program on an urban commuter college campus. (Author/RK)

Describes the development of the Family Life and Sex Education Project in Los Angeles County and demonstrates that a government agency can provide the leadership necessary to develop a community sex education program. (Author/RK)

Accompanying the changes in social attitudes toward sex and the discussion of controversial sexual issues is an increased public demand for sexual information and services, which the professional community is expected to supply. Discusses the professional's credentials and qualifications in counseling or dispensing information to those with sexual…

Article is a description of an evaluation conducted by the center for New Schools for an innovative program in the Cleveland Heights, Ohio schools. The rationale for the use of ethnographic methods and problems that arose from the CNS experiences are discussed. (RW)