Elementary school teaches children to read and write, develop math skills, live together, explore the world, understand that world at a basic level, and grow as people. The objectives of this article are to examine the beliefs of elementary school teachers regarding sex education, to gain a notion of the limits and scope of sex pedagogy in the approach to content, and to provide accurate information for decision-making and public policy. A descriptive study was conducted using a qualitative methodology. The data were collected between October and December 2019 in two public elementary schools in the City of Veracruz, State of Veracruz, Mexico. A non-probabilistic sampling method with a maximum variation was used in the study. In total, nine teachers of ages ranging from 22 to 64 years participated. The teachers reported that the students must have reached sexual maturity to talk about sexuality. Likewise, a discourse that emphasizes the biological aspects and the belief that abstinence is the best way to prevent unwanted pregnancy predominates. Finally, there were different opinions regarding the need for training teachers to teach sex education.
A lo largo de nuestra vida, adquirimos conocimientos sobre la sexualidad en distintos contextos: en el familiar, el escolar y el social. En este artículo, haremos un análisis sobre la educación sexual impartida, específicamente, en el contexto escolar. Cada país tiene sus modos y políticas para impartir la educación sexual, por lo que resulta interesante conocer las formas de llevarla a cabo. En ese sentido, el objetivo de este texto es hacer una comparación de cómo se imparte la educación sexual en México y en otros países, en especial, en las últimas décadas. Por consiguiente, se hablará de su manejo en países donde la educación sexual integral ha dado resultados favorables, con la finalidad de reflexionar acerca de cómo, a falta de un abordaje integral de la educación sexual, en México se continúa con prácticas de riesgo y se sigue recurriendo a fuentes de información inadecuadas que mantienen los roles de género, los estereotipos y la violencia.
Sex education is an educational curriculum area that represents a challenge for teachers, mainly if they are men. Therefore, the present study was carried out to identify the difficulties that male teachers face when addressing sex education with their students. It seeks to broaden the subject's understanding comprehensively and reflect on it in several dimensions, considering the actors involved: The State, the school, the role of teachers, and parents. A qualitative methodology was used, with a comprehensive-interpretive approach. Four public elementary teachers from the city of Veracruz, Mexico, participated. The instrument we used was a semi-structured interview. The findings were as follows: regarding their role as an educator, they consider that it is up to them to inform students on a scientific basis about sexuality; regarding their role in sex education, they think that they have the responsibility of reinforcing in the classroom the education that parents give their children at home. The challenges refer to the claims they receive from parents for talking about sexuality with kids and the lack of precision and depth in the content of the free textbooks regarding the matter. Finally, we conclude that sex education is a joint work in which the institutions' functions, both educational and family, are interrelated.
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