Sex education

Write a paper that includes the following:

Should sex education be taught in public schools?

• Must be three to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.) resource.

• Must include a separate title page with the following: o Title of paper in bold font

▪ Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

o Student’s name o Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus) o Course name and number o Instructor’s name o Due date

Introduction (approximately 100 words)

• Explain your topic and state the specific question that you are addressing.

Presentation of an Argument (approximately 200 words)

• Describe the scholarly source on one side of the issue. • Present what you see as the main argument from that source (present the

argument in standard form, with the premises listed above the conclusion).

Evaluation of the quality of the reasoning in this source (approximately 200 words) You may address questions such as the following:

• How adequately does the article support the premises of the argument? • How strongly do the premises of the argument support the truth of the

conclusion? • What (if any) missing premises would be needed to complete the argument

(make it valid/strong)? Are these missing premises justified or merely assumptions?

Presentation of an Opposing Argument (approximately 200 words)

• Describe the scholarly source on the other side of the issue. • Present what you see as the main argument from that source in standard

form, with the premises listed above the conclusion.

Evaluation of the quality of the reasoning in this source (approximately 200 words) You may address questions such as the following:

• How adequately does the article support the premises of the argument? • How strongly do the premises of the argument support the truth of the

conclusion? • What (if any) missing premises would be needed to complete the argument

(make it valid/strong)? Are these missing premises justified or merely assumptions?

Evaluation of Arguments in Non-Scholarly and Scholarly Sources (approximately 100 words)

• Discuss the differences in the quality of the reasoning or in the degree of support for premises in these scholarly sources contrasted with non- scholarly sources.

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Conclusion (approximately 50 words)

• Reflect on how this activity might influence how you conduct research in the future

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Below is the topic I chose and the Premise's can be altered and argument but the topic remains the same. The scholarly articles are attached as well.

Topic : Should sex education be taught in public schools?

Argument

Premise 1: Educating teens in school about sex education can prevent unwanted pregnancies and STD’s.

Premise 2: Sex education can teach teen how to practice abstinence .

Premise 3: Teens can speak among peers on question about sexual activities in sex ed classes.

Conclusion: ..Therefore properly being informed about sex education in school could reduce

Against Argument

Premise 1: .... Sex education is seen as a promotion for sexual activities for teens.

Premise 2: ....Teens pregnancies are at an alarming rate sex education isn’t working.

Premise 3: .... Sex education should be done by parents instead of school officials.

Conclusion: .... In other word parents should be involved in the sexual education of their teens.

References Dent, L., & Maloney, P. (2017). Evangelical Christian parents’ attitudes towards abstinence-based sex education: ‘I want my kids to have great sex!’ Sex Education, 17(2), 149– 164. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2016.1256281

References

McKee, C., Ragsdale, K., & Southward, L. H. (2014). What Do Parents in Mississippi Really Think About Sex Education in Schools? Results of a State-Level Survey. Journal of Health Disparities Research & Practice, 7(1), 97–119

references Stanger-Hall, K. F., & Hall, D. W. (2011). Abstinence-Only Education and Teen Pregnancy Rates: Why We Need Comprehensive Sex Education in the U.S. PLoS ONE, 6(10), 1– 11. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024658

(American Psychological Assoc.)

References Finkel, M. L., & Finkel, S. (1985). Sex Education in High School. Society, 23(1), 48–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695869

eferences Bloch D. (1979). Attitudes of mothers toward sex education. American Journal of Public Health, 69(9), 911–915.