TY  - SER
AU  - Fitzpatrick, Katie
AU  - McGlashan, Hayley
AU  - Tirumalai, Vibha
AU  - Fenaughty, John
AU  - Veukiso-Ulugia, Analosa
TI  - Relationships and sexuality education : : key research informing New Zealand curriculum policy
PY  - 2022///
PB  - Sage, 
KW  - New Zealand.
KW  - Ministry of Education
KW  - EDUCATION
KW  - GENDER DIVERSE
KW  - GOVERNMENT POLICY
KW  - HUMAN RIGHTS
KW  - MĀORI
KW  - MĀTAURANGA
KW  - SCHOOLS
KW  - SEXUAL ORIENTATION
KW  - SEXUALITY EDUCATION
KW  - TAMARIKI
KW  - TAIOHI
KW  - TIRITI O WAITANGI
KW  - TREATY OF WAITANGI
KW  - YOUNG PEOPLE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Health Education Journal, 2022, 81(2): 134-156
N2  - Background and purpose: In 2020, the New Zealand Ministry of Education updated the national curriculum policy for sexuality education, broadening the focus to ‘relationships and sexuality education’ and strengthening guidance for both primary (Years 1–8) and secondary (Years 9–13) schools. The resulting guides detail how schools might take a ‘whole school approach’ to this area, including dedicated curriculum time at all levels of compulsory schooling.
Methods and conclusions: This article summarises the key thinking and research that informs the latest curriculum policy update and provides justification for the content in the policy. Significant aspects include a framework based on Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi), Indigenous knowledges and human rights; attention to issues of bullying and inclusion; and the responsibility of schools to address gender and sexual diversity in programmes and the whole school. This background paper discusses the evidence that informs the curriculum policy update, as well as aspects of the policy context in New Zealand that precede these changes. (Authors' abstract). Record #8313
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969211053749
ER  -