ERIC Number: EJ1012631
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1468-1811
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Primary School Puberty/Sexuality Education: Student-Teachers' Past Learning, Present Professional Education, and Intention to Teach These Subjects
Goldman, Juliette D. G.; Coleman, Stephanie J.
Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, v13 n3 p276-290 2013
Primary school teachers are often tasked with puberty/sexuality education for students who are undergoing sexual maturation at ever-earlier ages. This study explores the changing trajectories of the pre-service learning and teaching of primary school puberty/sexuality education at an urban university, including student-teachers' childhood learning, professional pre-service studies, and technological educational future. Biographical narratives and a theoretically based conceptual and diagnostic framework are used to analyse the views of fourth-year Bachelor of Education student-teachers about their own primary school puberty/sexuality education, their present university professional education for teaching these subjects, and their intentionality to teach them to future Grade 6 school students. Results show that these student-teachers intend to replicate their own primary school learning experiences. Pre-service professional education appears to have failed to operationalise the contemporary learning and teaching of puberty/sexuality education that would allow a new generation of more effective knowledge and pedagogies to be implemented. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Puberty, Sex Education, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Education, Intention, Grade 6, Cognitive Processes, Student Experience, Knowledge Level, Correlation, Teacher Qualifications, Mixed Methods Research, Interviews, Content Analysis, Personal Narratives
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 6
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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