Teachers' Needs Analysis about Contents of Sexual Education for the Lower Grades of Primary School.
- Author:
Geum Hee JEONG
1
;
Soon Ok YANG
;
Shin Jeong KIM
Author Information
1. Division of Nursing, Hallym University,39 Hallymdaehak-gil, Chuncheon, Korea. ghjeong@hallym.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Child;
Schools;
Sex education
- MeSH:
Child;
Curriculum;
Education*;
Humans;
Parturition;
Postal Service;
Pregnancy;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Sanitation;
Sex Education;
Sex Offenses
- From:Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
2007;13(1):35-42
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was done to discover the contents needed for a sexual education program in the lower grades (the first to the third grade) by primary school teachers and to discover difficulties in confronting sexual education. METHOD: This was a descriptive study of 198 teachers for lower grade students in 15 primary schools. A questionnaire on sexual education was distributed and collected by mail. RESULT: The contents for sexual education that teachers felt were highly needed are as follows: sanitation of genitals, sexual violence, pregnancy & childbirth, family, self-assertion, and sexual self-determination. Teachers think prevention of sexual violence is the main reason for sexual education. Teachers indicated that sexual education considering the developmental stage was difficult. CONCLUSION: Development of a sexual education curriculum for lower grade primary school students is necessary for increasing the problem-solving ability of students focused on sexual violence, self-assertion and sexual self-determination, in addition to providing simple information.
