“I Try to be Non-Biased, but I Know I am Affected by Hetero Norms” : a Survey on Teachers’ Competencies in Sexuality Education, Grades 7-9 on Åland
Budd, Linda (2023)
Budd, Linda
2023
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202304246176
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202304246176
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In 2021 the Government of Åland, updated the curriculum for elementary schools. The curriculum for sexuality education as a part of health education was also updated, and the teaching goals were clearly highlighted.
The aim of this master’s thesis was to evaluate the educator’s level of knowledge and figure out possible challenges when teaching sexuality education, considering the latest updated curriculum.
The data was collected through semi-structured interviews with seven health education teachers for grades 7-9. The findings of this study highlighted three main themes: the performance of education, the importance of the subject and the teachers’ needs.
There are challenges facing educators of sexuality education such as difficulties in finding useful training for professional development, lack of time for teaching and the production of teaching materials and the lack of acknowledgement of the importance of the subject from decision-makers Specific challenges were mentioned in integrating LGBTQ+ into teaching.
Teachers need more resources such as time and collaboration platforms where they can both arrange the frameworks for sexuality education and develop their professionalism together with colleagues. This kind of arrangement would secure the quality of sexuality education in schools.
The aim of this master’s thesis was to evaluate the educator’s level of knowledge and figure out possible challenges when teaching sexuality education, considering the latest updated curriculum.
The data was collected through semi-structured interviews with seven health education teachers for grades 7-9. The findings of this study highlighted three main themes: the performance of education, the importance of the subject and the teachers’ needs.
There are challenges facing educators of sexuality education such as difficulties in finding useful training for professional development, lack of time for teaching and the production of teaching materials and the lack of acknowledgement of the importance of the subject from decision-makers Specific challenges were mentioned in integrating LGBTQ+ into teaching.
Teachers need more resources such as time and collaboration platforms where they can both arrange the frameworks for sexuality education and develop their professionalism together with colleagues. This kind of arrangement would secure the quality of sexuality education in schools.