초등학생을 대상으로 한 학교기반 국내 성교육 프로그램 연구 동향

Abstract

The aims of this study were to examine research trends of sex education programs for elementary school students and to conduct a systematic analysis of the characteristics of these programs. The current study also intended to suggest future directions in developing and improving elementary sex education programs. To achieve these goals, we selected 29 Korean academic journals addressing elementary sex education programs. The articles were analyzed through general characteristics analysis, program content analysis, and quality indicator analysis. Starting with 5 studies on sex education programs published in 2000, studies on this topic have been continuously conducted with 1~4 articles published each year, mostly focusing on upper-grade elementary school students.
 In terms of a research design, the majority of the studies administered a pretest-posttest control group design method, and there was no single unified measurement tool. Most of the programs were implemented by program researchers, class teachers, or school nurses. Regarding the dependent variables, most of the studies measured the two following variables: sexual knowledge (22 papers) and sexual attitude (21 papers). The contents of sex education programs could be widely classified into physical development and sex, psychological development and sexual values, social development and sexual culture, and marriage and family life. The qualitative indicators analysis showed that most of the studies satisfied six or more qualitative indicators. Based on the current findings, the directions for further research were also discussed.