Primary sources of sex education among high school students of La Salle Green Hills: its implications to the christian living program

• Main Author: Rochester, Herman Guevara
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1998
• Subjects: Sex instruction; La Salle Green Hills (Mandaluyong); High school students; Religious education program; Religious education > Study and teaching; High schools > Curricula; Religious Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1958
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study intends to find out the primary sources of sexual knowledge and experience among high school students in La Salle Green Hills and further finds out the implication of this to the Christian Living Program. Two hundred forty-four students from the first year to fourth year from school year 1998-1999 and forty parents were randomly selected to become the subject of this research. The study employed the descriptive research design using two different survey forms, one intended for parents' use and another for students' use. These surveys were developed by the researcher with the assistance of Dr. Carmen Pabiton of the Guidance and Counseling Department of DLSU. These were later on administered to both parents and students. The results were collated and interpreted using percentage analysis. The initial assumptions of the study included: first, there is a lack of any proper forum in the family to address and discuss issues and concerns about sex raised by the children second, the primacy of both the peer group and media is the most significant influences in the sexual formation of the students and third, many schools have no existing program of sex education, or if there is, this program does not approach the aspect of sexuality in its fullness. Particularly in La Salle Green Hills, where the results of the study is most applicable, there is no formal sex education program. Based on the findings of the study, it can be concluded that there is a need to incorporate a sex education component in the Christian Living curriculum as expressed by the students, the parents, and the members of the Christian Living department themselves. Moreover, since the peer group is the most dominant influence in the sexual formation of the students, it might be practical to see how the peer factor can be of assistance to the proposed integration. In addition, though parents are perceived to be the least significant influence by the students, there is, nonetheless, the need to involve them later on in the designing and in implementation of a sex education program. With regard to the distorted views of sex as portrayed in the various forms of media, this can be curbed by helping students to develop values and principles nurtured in a Christian perspective in class and which they can use to analyze and evaluate issues on sex whenever they encounter this. These values and principles can be further reinforced in a more formal set-up such as in the classroom. The Christian Living department of La Salle Green Hills can look into the possibility of formally including a sex education component in its program which can be evaluated after a one year implementation. The faculty members of the Christian Living department may also possibly attempt to go on full-scale in the future by introducing a sex education program that will start at the elementary level and spiral its way to the secondary level.