Browsing by Subject "kehotunnekasvatus"
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(2022)International policy documents (FN (UN), 1989; WHO & BZgA, 2010, 2013; WAS, 2014; UNESCO, 2018) recommend that children should receive age-appropriate sexuality education, but it is unclear whether this is fulfilled in practice. There is relatively little research on sexuality education for younger students. Therefore, it is relevant to research how sexuality education for younger students is delivered. The purpose of this study is to describe how sexuality education is delivered in grades 1-2 in Finland and to examine teachers’ attitudes towards sexuality education for younger students. In this study I would like to draw attention to the potential of the Finnish curriculum when it comes to sexuality education. Five teachers, who at the time of the study taught grades 1-2 in Finnish primary schools, participated in this study. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews that were recorded, transcribed, and analysed with thematic analysis. The results found that teachers had difficulties defining sexuality education. Teachers taught sexuality education across subjects, spontaneously and sometimes also unconsciously. Teachers need help defining what sexuality education is and what themes are to be addressed. Sexuality education should be made an evident part of the subject environmental studies in the Finnish curriculum. This can hopefully encourage teachers to teach sexuality education. The sexuality education was not really planned, evaluated, or developed in any of the schools. This is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. Local plans for sexuality education should be written. The teachers had generally positive attitudes towards sexuality education for younger students, but in some situations sexuality education could be perceived as a difficult subject. Several of the teachers showed interest in promoting diversity and equal treatment in their teaching. This study failed in providing any deeper insight into how teachers work with norms in sexuality education.
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(2022)Teachers find it difficult to teach sex education. Gender and sexual minorities in particular are perceived as difficult teaching content. According to research, the sections of the textbooks on sexual and gender minorities have shortcomings: sexual and gender minorities are often presented as external groups to which students are not presumed to belong. The purpose of this study is to determine whether family-themed children's picture books can be used in school-based sex education to address gender and sexual minorities and other content in sexual education. The aim of the research questions is to determine how sexual and gender minorities are depicted in children's picture books, and how children's picture books can be utilized in school sex education. The material of this study was four Finnish children's picture books on family topics, which featured sexual and gender minorities: Ikioma perheeni, Meidän pihan perhesoppa, Poika ja hame and Sulon ja Elsin uudet naapurit. The texts of the books selected as material were analyzed using content analysis methods. Children's picture books, selected as material, can be utilized in school sexual education when dealing with gender and sexual minorities in three different ways. They can be used to provide age-appropriate information about a child's sexuality, norm-critical sex education and on an emotional level facing sex education. In addition, the books can be used to address six topics in body-emotion education. These topics are body and development; feelings; intimacy, well-being, and self-esteem; environment and other people; increase and rights.
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