Abordagem sobre mecanismos reprodutivos e sexualidade em turmas de 8º ano do ensino fundamental em Uruguaiana, RS

Abstract

Education is responsible for the formation of the individual and the basis for building society. One of the objectives of the school is to link and associate contents with situations witnessed in the citizen's daily life, and one of the most presented contents is health. The National Curriculum Parameters present Health and Sexual Orientation as two of the seven sets of Transversal Themes that are addressed in their documents, bringing methodologies and proposals for including these themes in the school curriculum. The National Common Curricular Base brings in its document the presentation of the object of knowledge Reproductive Mechanisms and Sexuality in the discipline of Sciences in classes of 8th grade of Elementary School. This dissertation aimed to understand the approach, challenges and possibilities of Science teachers of the 8th year of Elementary School on the development of the theme Reproductive Mechanisms and Sexuality. This study was based on qualitative research and characterized as exploratory and descriptive research. The research participants were seven teachers working in the Science discipline, inserted in 8th grade classes and working in six state and municipal public schools. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview on the Google Meet platform, which was recorded and analyzed using the Content Analysis technique. It should be noted that the ethical aspects of the research were considered, guaranteeing secrecy, confidentiality and anonymity of the participants. As a result of this study, it was possible to observe that the object of knowledge Reproductive Mechanisms and Sexuality is important in the teaching process, since approaching this theme in the classroom enables self-knowledge, health, well-being and the reduction of conflicts related to this subject that may arise in the lives of young people, however, it was possible to notice that the National Common Curricular Base still lacks the explanation of how to carry out the work of this content in the classroom.