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Direct linkHannah Margaret Ruth Hayes; Kellie Burns; Suzanne Egan – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
While consent forms part of the Health, Wellbeing and Relationships strand of the New South Wales (NSW) Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) curriculum in Australia, it is not consistently or effectively delivered within schools. The recent e-campaign, "Teach Us Consent" in NSW, drew attention to the alarmingly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Single Sex Schools, Catholic Schools, Secondary School Students
Ey, Lesley-anne; McInnes, Elspeth; Rigney, Lester Irabinna – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2017
As part of a wider study, this paper reports on Australian educators' understanding of children's typical and problematic sexual behaviour and their source of training in this area. A sample of 107 educators from government, independent and Catholic primary schools, preschools and care organisations across Australia answered an online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Caregiver Attitudes
Walsh, Kerryann; Rassafiani, Mehdi; Mathews, Ben; Farrell, Ann; Butler, Des – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2012
This paper presents an evaluation of an instrument to measure teachers' attitudes toward reporting child sexual abuse and discusses the instrument's merit for research into reporting practice. Based on responses from 444 Australian teachers, the Teachers' Reporting Attitude Scale for Child Sexual Abuse was evaluated using exploratory factor…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Child Abuse, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Walsh, Kerryann; Mathews, Ben; Rassafiani, Mehdi; Farrell, Ann; Butler, Des – Elementary School Journal, 2013
This study examined elementary school teachers' knowledge of their legislative and policy-based reporting duties with respect to child sexual abuse. Data were collected from 470 elementary school teachers from urban and rural government and nongovernment schools in 3 Australian states, which at the time of the study had 3 different legislative…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Legal Responsibility, Sexual Abuse, Disclosure
Download full textMathews, Ben – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
The phenomenon of child sexual abuse has significant implications for teachers' pre-service training and professional development. Teachers have a pedagogical role in dealing with abused children, and a legal and professional duty to report suspected child sexual abuse. Teachers require support and training to develop the specialised knowledge and…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Social Environment, Teacher Education
Walsh, Kerryann; Rassafiani, Mehdi; Mathews, Ben; Farrell, Ann; Butler, Des – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2010
This paper details a systematic literature review identifying problems in extant research relating to teachers' attitudes toward reporting child sexual abuse and offers a model for new attitude scale development and testing. Scale development comprised a five-phase process grounded in contemporary attitude theories, including (a) developing the…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Focus Groups, Content Validity
