Educação e a diversidade sexual: a compreensão dos/as professores/as de ciências do ensino fundamental sobre a sexualidade

Abstract

The research discusses the transversal themes of sexuality and sexual diversity, highlighting the importance of focusing on the theme in the current social context and verifying how its approach occurs from the methodologies used by science teachers. Based on this assumption, the objective of this study was to analyze how science teachers who work in public and private elementary schools in 8th grade classes approach the content of sexuality and sexual diversity in the classroom, and if carried out in a transversal way beyond the biological dimension. This study is of a qualitative nature based on descriptive and exploratory methods through interviews with semi-structured, objective and subjective questions with teachers. 13 interviews were conducted with teachers from different institutions in the city of Teresina / PI, 3 from private schools and the other 10 from public schools, aged between 20 and 50 years. The questions addressed topics: teacher qualification to address content in class, knowledge about the topic, family relationship, importance of discussing Sexuality and Gender at school, in addition to the most frequent doubts among students on the topic. The results indicate that teachers consider the sexuality dimension approach to be important and offer this knowledge to their students. It was possible to verify that the content is approached by teachers in schools, but only by individual searches for knowledge, since they do not have specific training on the topic. It was identified that teachers understand the importance of learning information about the content and find the approach in the classroom interesting since there is family resistance being considered as “taboo” and prejudice. In view of the current social reality and the premature maturation of children and adolescents, the theme is gradually necessary in schools so that prejudices are deconstructed and information transmitted.