Educação sexual, corpo e sexualidade na visão dos alunos e professores do ensino fundamental / Sexual Education, Body and Sexuality in the Vision of Students and Teachers of Elementary Education

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

RESUMO

This present research comes back the students and elementary school teachers vision on issues involving sex education, body and sexuality in school, within the historical context and current demands. Objective: Raise the meaning that students and teachers give on the central theme of pleading with the school in order to plan educational program about these matters, foster knowledge of the learner and educator to deal with these issues in the classroom. Aiming also to stimulate, sensitize and mobilize the development of a sensecritical and expanded analysis on the issues in question. Also, try to contribute to the debate about the training of educators who deal with these issues in the classroom day to day routine. Methodology: Qualitative research, using the method of action research, which allows problems and intervene with the participants in a participatory and dialogical, through educational activities. As data collection techniques were used to Participant Observation: Using the Field Journal to record the findings (and local participants) and guided by an interview questionnaire. The sample consisted of 44 students of the 7th. and 8th. levels and 6 teachers (from Portuguese, science and physical education) in elementary school, a State School , located in Ribeirão Preto SP. Data Analysis: It was given by categorization and data interpretation was based on the theoretical methodology proposed by FREIRE and THIOLLENT and adapted by BUENO. Results: It was verified that the students said that they had poorest and basic doubts, revealing that the school does not often talk about the subject. Themes like menstruation, petting and kissing in school, are the ones that arouse interest and concern. The teachers show that the meaning of sex is linked to pleasure and responsibility, resulting vulgarization. In relation to the body, it´s linked to health. Now the students bring concern with the physical attraction. In relation to the difference to be a man and woman, they associate them to the disadvantages to be a woman: menstruation, childbirth and pregnancy. They show a male sexist concept when talking about gender. Teachers show that when the students make questions they try to work information. They say that the biggest problem that they find out in school is not to be prepared to advising on the subject, beyond the lack of teaching materials. They reveal to Giving importance to sexual Education / Orientation, which is important as a way for students to obtain appropriate information. Most of them emphasize the importance of transversals themes in school. But they reveal that the transversal issues are not working because some teachers only blame science teachers to deal with sexual education. Most students find out their parents, others find out for friends, little of them find out teachers, doctors and other professionals to solve the doubts in this sense. Teachers, in general, suggest the need and prevention to capacity to work these issues better. Students note the bullying understanding them as violence and fighting among students. Teachers reveals that the bullying exist in school explicitly. According to students and teachers, self-esteem is essential for the full life and happiness. This study indicated a new intervention line at the sense of effective Sexual Education in school. It was developed a proposal for intervention through educational actions programming. This action has already had start in school, developing the findings of this research and showing the emergent problem in study, starting with the organization of next meetings, which will happen in the long run, to find the solve to the problems in focus.

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educação sexual ensino fundamental sexual education sexualidade elementary education corpo health education sexuality body educação em saúde

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