The most significant expansion of population education in the U.S. has occurred over the past 5-year period. The environmental movement of the 1960 decade established a foundation on which population education quickly developed in the 1970 decade and gained acceptance in the population establishment and among funding agencies. During the years 1970-1976, several private organizations became actively involved in the population education field. Several viewpoints and population education approaches are now evident in the U.S. These approaches stress different aspects of the issue: extension of family planning, individual and social awareness, demography, behavioral objectives, value analysis, environmental strategy, and inquiry. Although these approaches are diverse, the U.S. has provided a basic framework for population education. Research in population education has consisted of little more than review studies, knowledge and attitude surveys, and several studies on the appropriateness of population education in the formal college school setting. Further research is needed to identify the goals, objectives, and strategy of population education, and these studies would have to be linked to the cognitive and moral development of the student.

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美国的人口教育

美国人口教育最显着的扩张发生在过去 5 年期间。1960 年代的环境运动奠定了基础，人口教育在 1970 年代迅速发展，并在人口编制和资助机构中得到认可。1970-1976 年间，一些私人组织开始积极参与人口教育领域。几种观点和人口教育方法现在在美国很明显。这些方法强调问题的不同方面：计划生育的扩展、个人和社会意识、人口统计学、行为目标、价值分析、环境战略和调查。尽管这些方法多种多样，但美国为人口教育提供了一个基本框架。人口教育研究仅包括回顾研究、知识和态度调查，以及一些关于正规大学学校环境中人口教育适当性的研究。需要进一步的研究来确定人口教育的目标、目的和策略，这些研究必须与学生的认知和道德发展相关联。