Educatio biologiae, No. 6., 2020.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.32633/eb.6.1
Human sexuality education
Ana-Marija Paić
; Odjel za biologiju, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku
Irena Labak
orcid.org/0000-0001-9394-5131
; Odjel za biologiju, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku
Sažetak
The aim of the research is to determine if experienced teachers feel competent to teach human sexuality and how they assess the importance of certain topics in human sexuality education. Additionally, the paper aims to assess which topics are rarely or never taught in human sexuality classes, as well as the reasons for such a choice. The research was conducted via online survey in the school year 2019/2020 and included 52 Nature and Biology teachers. The teachers used a 1 – 5 scale to mark their agreement with the statements related to their assessment of: (i) competence for teaching human sexuality, (ii) importance of topics in teaching human sexuality, and (iii) topics they rarely or never teach. An assessment of the effect of certain factors on the selection of topics teachers rarely or never teach was also conducted. The research found that teachers feel partially competent to teach human sexuality, they find the topics such as Masturbation and Various sexual orientations (homosexuality, bisexuality, transgenderism…) important, but also list them, in addition to Emotions and Violence in relationships, as topics they rarely or never teach. The main reasons listed for not teaching certain topics related to human sexuality are lack of time to conduct the lesson and the fact that certain topics are not defined by curriculum outcomes. Teachers mostly believe that the religion and attitudes of students and themselves do not affect the choice of topics in the human sexuality classes, but those with more experience mostly state that the attitudes of society and parents partly affect the choice of topics in human sexuality classes.
Ključne riječi
comprehensive sexuality education; human sexuality; competence; value system
Hrčak ID:
254743
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Datum izdavanja:
27.12.2020.
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