EDUCAÇÃO SEXUAL NA VISÃO DOS PROFESSORES INDÍGENAS DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL EM UMA ESCOLA DE DOURADOS

• Main Author: ROSALDO DE ALBUQUEQUE SOUZA
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2011-12-01
• Series: Espaço Ameríndio
• Subjects: sex education; adolescence; elementary school; Terena; Guarani-Ñandeva and Kaiowá.
• Online Access: http://seer.ufrgs.br/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/24128/14581

A large portion of the population consists of adolescents aged by 12 to 19 years. During this period of human life occur several behavioral factors involving sexuality that intrigues many researchers, teachers and parents and according to the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs), sex education must be taught in schools as a crosscutting theme. The aim of this study was to investigate perceptions and attitudes towards sexual education amongelementary school Indigenous teachers in a rural school in Dourados-MS. Data collection was conducted through a questionnaire completed by individual teachers. The results show that teachers consider important to work with sex education in elementary schools involvingdifferent areas of knowledge and with the help of health professionals. Most teachers work or have worked this theme in his classes, and consider the students receptive and interested, however, some teachers have difficulty in approaching the subject. One of the difficulties encountered are related to the low acceptance of their parents, highlighting the need for guidance on the same theme. The Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais ensures that the sex education should begin in early school years.