Sexual education in schools: research whether and how intervention processes occur in sexuality in public schools

• Grant number: 11/22946-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: November 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education - Specific topics in Education
• Principal Investigator: Ana Cláudia Bortolozzi
• Grantee: Ana Carla Vieira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências (FC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Bauru. Bauru , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The Sexual Education in schools is a recommendation of the Brazilian National Curriculum Parameters, however there are schools that do not perform projects for intervention in this area. Moreover, in some situations, when there are proposals, the focus is on prevention and biological aspect and not the discussion about the historical, cultural and social aspects of sexuality. The general purpose of this descriptive - qualitative research is to investigate whether and how are being made projects of intervention in public schools sex education in elementary schools in the city of Bauru. Participants will be 10 people, including principals, teacher trainers and teachers working in elementary schools. The data collection will be held of a semi-structured interview that will be recorded and transcribed fully for content analysis. It is expected that the results will help to raise the possible difficulties of implementation of intervention programs on sexuality in the schools of the city, in order to develop intervention strategies more effective.(AU)