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Exploring the perspectives and experiences of primary school life orientation teachers and heads of the department in teaching of comprehensive sexuality education in South Africa
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/125877 Exploring the perspectives and experiences of primary school life orientation teachers and heads of the department in teaching of comprehensive sexuality education in South Africa Parks, Shannon-Leigh Francis, Dennis Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology. Sex instruction Educational counseling -- South Africa Health education (Elementary) -- South Africa Curriculum planning -- Elementary education -- South Africa UCTD Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2022. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 2000, Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) was introduced within the subjects of Life Orientation and Life Skills, to ensure that learners do not get confusing and misleading messages on sex, sexuality, gender, and relationships. Life Orientation sexuality education programmes have been viewed as crucial locations for incorporating education to challenge negative assumptions in respect of HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence, and unwanted pregnancy and to promote safer, equitable, and non-violent sexual practices. The research study explored the perspectives and experiences of Life Orientation teachers and the Heads of the Department in the teaching of Comprehensive Sexuality Education. Moreover, it explored how the teaching and learnings of Comprehensive Sexuality Education was influenced by the Scripted Lesson Plans, which were prepared for educators to facilitate their teachings of content specifically related to Sexuality Education in the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement. A qualitative research design was used to answer the research questions and achieve the research objectives. To seek a deeper understanding of the research questions, I relied on qualitative interviewing, whereby, semi-structured interviews were conducted to obtain rich, detailed answers. Thematic analysis, a powerful as well as a flexible method for analysing qualitative data, was used to understand experiences, thoughts, or behaviours across a data set. The findings indicate that many educators were conflicted about HIV/AIDS and sexuality education, as they perceived it as contradicting their values and beliefs. The overwhelming majority were in support of promoting education regarding HIV/AIDS, teenage pregnancies, and sexually transmitted diseases but felt personally challenged in teaching about sexuality. The conflict of CSE with local norms and understandings about youth sexuality combined with teacher-parent relationships emerged as problematic in teaching CSE to young learners. The educators use of discretion resulted in insufficient teaching and learning which affects the acquisition of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health knowledge among learners. The research provides crucial information on the teaching of sexuality education in primary school and at the same time points to the need for the professional development of educators. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In 2000 is Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) binne die vakke Lewensorientering en Lewensvaardighede ingestel, om te verseker dat leerders nie verwarrende en misleidende boodskappe oor seks, seksualiteit, geslag en verhoudings kry nie. Lewensorientering seksualiteitsopvoedingsprogramme is beskou as deurslaggewende plekke vir die inkorporering van onderwys om negatiewe aannames ten opsigte van MIV/VIGS, geslagsgebaseerde geweld en ongewenste swangerskap uit te daag en om veiliger, billike en nie-gewelddadige seksuele praktyke te bevorder. Die navorsingstudie het die perspektiewe en ervarings van Lewensorientering-onderwysers en die Hoofde van die Departement in die onderrig van Omvattende Seksualiteitsopvoeding ondersoek. Verder het dit ondersoek hoe die onderrig en leer van Omvattende Seksualiteitsopvoeding beinvloed is deur die geskrewe lesplanne, wat vir opvoeders voorberei is om hul onderrig van inhoud spesifiek met betrekking tot Seksualiteitsopvoeding in die Kurrikulum- en Assesseringsbeleidsverklaring te fasiliteer. ’n Kwalitatiewe navorsingsontwerp is gebruik om die navorsingsvrae te beantwoord en die navorsingsdoelwitte te bereik. Om 'n dieper begrip van die navorsingsvrae te soek, het ek staatgemaak op kwalitatiewe onderhoudvoering, waardeur semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude gevoer is om ryk, gedetailleerde antwoorde te verkry. Tematiese analise, 'n kragtige sowel as 'n buigsame metode vir die ontleding van kwalitatiewe data, is gebruik om ervarings, gedagtes of gedrag oor 'n datastel heen te verstaan. Die bevindinge dui daarop dat baie opvoeders in konflik was oor MIV/VIGS en seksualiteitsopvoeding, aangesien hulle dit as in stryd met hul waardes en oortuigings beskou het. Die oorweldigende meerderheid ondersteun die bevordering van opvoeding rakende MIV/VIGS, tienerswangerskappe en seksueel oordraagbare siektes, maar het persoonlik uitgedaag om oor seksualiteit te onderrig. Die konflik van CSE met plaaslike norme en begrip oor jeugdige seksualiteit gekombineer met onderwyser-ouer verhoudings het na vore gekom as problematies in die onderrig van CSE aan jong leerders. Die opvoeders se gebruik van diskresie het gelei tot onvoldoende onderrig en leer wat die verkryging van omvattende seksuele en reproduktiewe gesondheidskennis onder leerders beinvloed. Die navorsing verskaf deurslaggewende inligting oor die onderrig van seksualiteitsopvoeding in die laerskool en wys terselfdertyd op die behoefte aan die professionele ontwikkeling van opvoeders. Masters 2022-08-17T08:12:37Z 2023-01-16T12:39:26Z 2022-08-17T08:12:37Z 2023-01-16T12:39:26Z 2022-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/125877 en_ZA Stellenbosch University vii, 70 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Sex instruction Educational counseling -- South Africa Health education (Elementary) -- South Africa Curriculum planning -- Elementary education -- South Africa UCTD Parks, Shannon-Leigh Exploring the perspectives and experiences of primary school life orientation teachers and heads of the department in teaching of comprehensive sexuality education in South Africa |
| title | Exploring the perspectives and experiences of primary school life orientation teachers and heads of the department in teaching of comprehensive sexuality education in South Africa |
| title_full | Exploring the perspectives and experiences of primary school life orientation teachers and heads of the department in teaching of comprehensive sexuality education in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the perspectives and experiences of primary school life orientation teachers and heads of the department in teaching of comprehensive sexuality education in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the perspectives and experiences of primary school life orientation teachers and heads of the department in teaching of comprehensive sexuality education in South Africa |
| title_short | Exploring the perspectives and experiences of primary school life orientation teachers and heads of the department in teaching of comprehensive sexuality education in South Africa |
| title_sort | exploring the perspectives and experiences of primary school life orientation teachers and heads of the department in teaching of comprehensive sexuality education in south africa |
| topic | Sex instruction Educational counseling -- South Africa Health education (Elementary) -- South Africa Curriculum planning -- Elementary education -- South Africa UCTD |
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