: Teachers are encouraged to create "drama circles" or "ask-it baskets" to allow pupils to discuss sensitive topics privately and manage common feelings of embarrassment or curiosity. Alternative Curricula
For the generation that came of age in the 90s, the film is often recalled with a mix of cringe and fondness. It was the video that broke the ice, answered the questions teenagers were too afraid to ask, and provided a vocabulary for the confusing changes of adolescence. : Teachers are encouraged to create "drama circles"
: Detailed exploration of body development, sexual hygiene, and the physical changes accompanying puberty. : Detailed exploration of body development, sexual hygiene,
In the early 1990s, long before the internet made explicit information instantly accessible, educational filmmakers faced a unique challenge: how to teach puberty and human sexuality to pre-adolescents in a way that was factual, reassuring, and age-appropriate. One of the most notable, and for some, controversial, answers to that challenge came from the Netherlands in 1991 with a film simply titled Sexuele Voorlichting (translating to "Sexual Education"). : Detailed exploration of body development