Didactic proposals

This page offers various proposals on teaching and learning methods on the subjects of sexually transmitted diseases. When we gathered the information, we tried to offer a broad range. There are short activities and larger projects. You will find various proposals from simple discussions rounds to multimedia projects.

The didactic proposals will be described in detail below. We gathered for you content, forms or realization, variations and the requirements in time and technical equipment. For every didactic proposal we also provide a detailed description (in some cases including worksheets and supplementary texts).

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Research exercise: STD campaign

Content & goals There are a lot of campaigns about sexually transmitted diseases. The pupils should look around consciously where and in which way they are made aware of sexually transmitted diseases. For that purpose, they should search the internet and collect flyers (e. g. in surgery), posters or TV spots. They will bring their findings to class where they will present, sort and discuss them.  What kind of information is offered? And, relating to the summer camp story: is one  really aware only of those subjects that have been communicated from the outside?

Realization - Can be integrated into classroom lessons - Cross-disciplinary goals are possible

Variations Research exercise and group discussion

Requirement of material and media - Internet access for the internet search - Findings of the pupils’ searches

Time requirements - Preparation time: low time need (up to 1 hour) - Need of class time: 1 double period (90 mins.) - Wrap-up time: low time need (up to 1 hour)

Download of the detailed proposal (PDF: 18KB)

Evaluation: STD campaigns

Content & goals This exercise is linked to Activity 1. There are many campaigns calling people’s attention to the subject of sexually transmitted diseases. The pupils should collect information ma-terial relating to these campaigns. Some campaigns are successful, others aren’t. The pupils form a jury which evaluates the collected campaigns. They develop evaluation cri-teria (this is an important step) and evaluate all collected campaigns, giving reasons for their decisions. The movie from the summer camp story (see learning module STD) can be included in the evaluation as well.

Realization - Can be integrated into classroom lessons - Cross-disciplinary goals are possible

Variations Evaluation exercise and group discussion

Requirement of material and media - Internet access - Material collected by the pupils

Time requirements - Preparation time: low time need (up to 1 hour) - Need of class time: 1 double period (90 mins.) - Wrap-up time: low time need (up to 1 hour)

Download of the detailed proposal (PDF: 18KB)

Our own STD campaign

Content & goals It is the teenagers themselves who know best what a campaign should be like to draw their attention. Working in small groups, they will design an educational campaign about STD. The exact subject (STD in general, one specific disease) and the form of realization may be defined by the teachers or by the pupils.  The activity can be done with or with-out a competitive character. The school may want to install an online area in which the project results can be placed publicly or semi-publicly.

Realization - Can be integrated into classes - Cross-disciplinary goals are possible (Biology, English, Art Education, Philosophy, Computer Science/Data Processing/Word Processing)

Variations Designing exercise; team work; several variations possible in realization, e. g. poster design, flyer design, creation of an audio/video contribution, design of a website, creation of a power point presentation

Requirement of material and media Equipment needed depending on variation

Time requirements - Preparation time: low time need (up to 1 hour) - Need of class time: aat least 3 double periods ( 3 x 90 mins.) or one half/full project day (depending on the variation) - Wrap-up time: low time need (up to 1 hour)

Download of the detailed proposal (PDF: 18KB)

Safer Sex – Do it the right way!

Content & goals Practising safer sex can protect against sexually transmitted diseases.  A very important step in this is the correct use of condoms.  This activity is a classical practical exercise in the correct use of condoms.

Realization Can be integrated into classroom lessons

Variations Practical exercise; variations are possible, e. g.: use of a „Contraception Kit“ or discus-sion about an instructional film about condom use.

Requirement of material and media - Learning text STD on the learning platform - „Contraception Kit“ or internet access to watch an instructional film about condom use.

Time requirements - Preparation time: low time need (up to 1 hour) - Need of class time: at least 1 single period (45 mins.) - Wrap-up time: low time need (up to 1 hour)

Download of the detailed proposal (PDF: 23KB)

Serial story: Talk to each other!?

Content & goals One important step in protecting yourself against sexually transmitted diseases is to talk about safer sex with your partner. This may not be easy. To prepare the teenagers for this discussion, the pupils will write (in teams) a serial story about this subject.  It is recommended that girls and boys do this separately. The central issue is to see how the pupils communicate their need for protection and how they cope with rejection etc. The stories are compared and discussed within the whole class (e. g.: are there gender-specific differences?).

Realization - Can be integrated into classroom lessons - Cross-disciplinary goals are possible (Biology, English, Computer Science/Data Processing/Word Processing)

Variations Variations of (digital) story telling are possible, e. g. paper-pencil-story, wiki

Requirement of material and media In case of wiki, internet access is needed

Time requirements - Preparation time: low time need (up to 1 hour) - Need of class time: at least 1 double period (90 mins.) - Wrap-up time: medium time need (2 to 3 hours)

Download of the detailed proposal (PDF: 21KB)

STD Event: Knowledge is pleasure

(Methodological suggestion by Dubravko Lepušić, MD from Croatia)

Content & goals The subject of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) respectively the protection against STD is supposed to be brought to the teenagers’ attention in a surrounding that is motivating and adequate to their lifestyle and way of learning. For this purpose, a school event is organized to which all teenage students are invited. In appropriate school rooms educational evening lectures are held by a medical expert on the subject of STD (general introductions and lectures with varying focus, e. g. on HPV). The lectures are followed by rock concerts featuring some checked out rock groups, e. g. students’ groups. The event aims at broadening the teenage population’s knowledge about STD and at informing them about sexual hygiene and the prevention of STDs.

Realization - Short lecture (40 min up to 1 hour) followed by discussion. The lecture is held in the form of a power point presentation. - Rock concerts following the lecture (as a means to enhance interest in the event).

Variations After the lecture / during the days following the lecture: group discussions, creation of web sites and posters, scene performances, lectures on STDs held by teenagers.

Requirement of material and media - Suitable rooms - Power point presentations - Website presentations - Scene performances - Information flyers about sexually transmitted diseases, the ways of transmission and prevention strategies (search for material e. g. in government-funded health institutions).

Time requirements - Lecture: 40 minutes up to 1 hour - Discussion: additional 20-30 minutes - Scene performances: ca. 20 minutes - Concert: varying - The project „Knowledge is pleasure“ may happen once or can be offered at regular intervals throughout the whole school year.

Download of the detailed proposal (PDF: 142KB)