Educação sexual: um desafio para o contexto escolar.

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze how the theme sexuality is understood in the school context. It also discusses the needs of children and adolescents to acquire knowledge about the subject and seek to make the school develop a space for reflection and interaction for the theme. The methodology was developed based on field research, of a basic nature and investigative character. The data obtained were analyzed and described by category, considering the results and reflecting on teacher training and practice in relation to the development of sex education. We believe that the school should seek partnerships and training so that its professionals can and do work in a quiet way on the theme of sexuality, seeking to build a space for discussion and interaction in which the problems suggested from the context were observed. For this, it is necessary to culturally and socially link sex education and health in projects developed through workshops in order to contribute to sex education in the school environment.