The extent to which “Integrating the issues of population in Demography curricula in public Universities" is beneficial to undergraduates in Helwan University”

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Lecturer, Sociology Department, Helwan University

Abstract

Main questions of the research is: How do courses on “Fertility studies, Immigration” play role in transforming males and females’ directions in terms of : decision making, timing of marriage, number of children, immigration, seeking advice from reproductive health provider?. The followed methodology is comparing between one control group and one intervention groups from undergraduates at Sociology Department, Faculty of Arts, Helwan University. Two scales (data collection tools) were used to collect data from  samples.The researcher followed the theory of "Curriculum theory ,value method" which focuses on the scientific content and usefulness to students' knowledge and learning part of the curriculum in the study.