BMJ 1995;311:1226-1227 (4 November)

Letters

Non-didactic methods are preferable

EDITOR,--Having been a volunteer resource person in the Singapore Planned Parenthood Association, I am encouraged by Alex R Mellanby and colleagues' description of the positive effects of sex education at school.1 As a result of reticence on the part of policymakers, the Singapore Planned Parenthood Association is a major provider of school sex education in Singapore. Like Mellanby and colleagues, we have found that group discussions, role play, quizzes, and other workshop activities get the message across better than does didactic teaching. The association also has a considerable number of doctors among its members, who give talks or lead panel discussions, often during school assemblies.

I also support the idea of getting young people to teach their peers, an idea that the association has put into practice recently. Some five years ago we identified a dynamic pool of young people aged between 18 and 22. They had participated in our . . . [Full text of this article]


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School sex education: an experimental programme with educational and medical benefit
Alex R Mellanby, Fran A Phelps, Nicola J Crichton, and John H Tripp
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