Exercise 12 Contraception – Soft Skills

SYNOPSIS

• The mechanical skills of condom application were covered in Exercise 11.
• This exercise puts the use of those skills into the social context of a couple spending a night together.
• Seven short scenes depict how a supportive and respectful relationship influence the success of the evening. [These are read ‘Out-loud’ by each of the seven groups to the rest of the class. This performative element is essential in the construction of a class consensus around healthy normative expectations. These are reiterated through practice of appropriate vocabularies and language skills.]
• The class gain insight into the social complexity of negotiating condom use and how a range of social influences rather than technical knowledge actually determine condom use rather than knowledge.
• It is the understanding and management of social influences and personal skills which often determine whether or not condoms are used regularly.

Printed pack includes:

• E12 T Teacher Guide for Exercise 12 "Contraception – Soft Skills" (1 x 8 page A4 booklet) View
• E12 S1 Condom soft scripts (1 set of 7 x A5 sheets) View