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Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3533-2564
AccessType
Open Access Dissertation
Document Type
dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Degree Program
School Psychology
Year Degree Awarded
2024
Month Degree Awarded
February
First Advisor
John Hintze
Subject Categories
Curriculum and Instruction | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Educational Psychology | Gender Equity in Education | Health and Physical Education
Abstract
Sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) face staggeringly high rates of verbal and physical harassment, and markedly higher suicide attempt rates. Studies have linked more positive school environments and the use of inclusive curriculum to better academic and mental outcomes for SGMY. This study investigated if a modified sex/health education curriculum with a focus on SGMs could result in a positive increase in classroom climate, and knowledge growth, and a decrease in negative attitudes towards transgender persons and attitudes towards homosexual persons as measured by surveys to determine the feasibility of the modified inclusive sex/health education lessons as a MTSS Tier 1 intervention in schools. The findings produced mixed results with qualitative findings suggesting that the modified sex/health education curriculum with a focus on SGMs had a positive relationship with classroom climate and knowledge growth. The quantitative findings in this study did not find enough evidence to support a positive increase in knowledge and/or classroom climate and/or a decrease in negative attitudes towards SGMs to support the implementation of the modified lessons as MTSS tier one intervention.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/36456426
Recommended Citation
Simon, Laura N., "The Effects Of Modified Inclusive Sex/Health Education Lessons On Gender/Sexual Identity And Expression To Knowledge Growth, Classroom Climate, And Perceptions Of Gender/Sexual Minorities." (2024). Doctoral Dissertations. 3090.
https://doi.org/10.7275/36456426
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/3090
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