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
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• 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).
Assessment 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.
Assessment 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?
Assessment 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 nonscholarly 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.

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