sex education
sex education — noun
1. lessons taught in schools that help young people understand how their bodies cha
lessons taught in schools that help young people understand how their bodies change during puberty, how pregnancy happens, and how to build healthy, respectful relationships with others.
The biology teacher explained that sex education would start next Tuesday for Year Nine students.
collocation: sex education + start (as a course)
Many parents attended the meeting to discuss the sex education programme at their children's school.
collocation: sex education programme
During sex education class, Amina learned how to find reliable facts about sexual health online.
Some schools now include lessons about consent and healthy communication as part of sex education.
The local health centre provides free materials that teachers use in sex education lessons.
- sex ed
informal shortened form common in spoken English and media headlines
- sexual health education
broader term that emphasises disease prevention, contraception, and medical aspects
- relationships and sex education (RSE)
official UK curriculum term since 2020, reflecting a wider scope including emotional wellbeing
文法句型
sex education + noun (e.g. sex education class, sex education programme)
usually without an article
用法筆記
Treated as an uncountable noun. The specific content and legal requirements for sex education vary greatly between different countries, states, and school systems.