Our Research
Featured Research: Parental Attitudes towards RSE delivery in Schools
The RSE Project delivers training to teachers across the state and we often find that teachers, school staff and leadership are worried about pushback from parents. International data suggest that parents overwhelmingly support schools to deliver RSE, and while Australian data supports this, it often had small sample sizes or was qualitative. Therefore, the RSE Project research team surveyed a nationally representative sample of 2,427 parents and other adult carers of school-aged children (henceforth parents) about a range of their support of the delivery of 40 different RSE topics, attitudes about RSE, and comfort talking to their children about RSE topics, as well as their preferred timing of delivery for each topic. Overwhelmingly, parents supported the delivery of all 40 topics, typically between years 7 and 8 (lower high school).
To learn more about this project, visit our parent report page website.
Publications
Here is a list of recent publications associated with the RSE Project.
Evaluation of the implementation of a relationship and sexuality education project in Western Australian schools: Protocol of a multiple, embedded case study.
Sharyn Burns, Jacqueline Hendriks, Lorel Mayberry, Scarlett Duncan, Roanna Lobo & Lina Pelliccione.
BMJ Open.
Sexuality and relationship education training to primary and secondary school teachers: An evaluation of provision in Western Australia.
Sharyn Burns & Jacqueline Hendriks.
Sex Education.
Teacher training organisations and their preparation of the pre-service teacher to deliver comprehensive sexuality education in the school setting: A systematic literature review
Heidi O’Brien, Jacqueline Hendriks, Sharyn Burns
Conference Poster – World Association of Sexual Health.
Providing relationships & sexuality education at a whole-school level: A multi-site case study in action
Sharyn Burns, Jacqueline Hendriks, Lorel Mayberry, Scarlett Duncan, Roanna Lobo, Lina Pelliccione
Conference Poster – Australasian Sexual Health Conference.