Sexuality education from the perspective of teachers and pupils with intellectual disability

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Sexuality education from the perspective of teachers and pupils with intellectual disability

Original language description

The purpose of the paper is to present the selected results of a research study aimed at sexuality education of pupils with intellectual disability (ID). The research was conducted in two special elementary schools and in an elementary school established pursuant to Section 16, Sub-section 9 of the Education Act No. 561/2004 Coll. designed for pupils with mild ID, multiple disabilities and autism spectrum disorders. The main objective of the research was to examine the perspective of teachers and pupils with intellectual disability concerning sexuality education in a school setting. Another aim was to identify the degree to which sexuality education is implemented in classes and whether teachers and pupils consider such implementation sufficient. The opinions and practical experience of teachers and pupils were investigated by means of semi-structured individual interviews. In a group of selected pupils with mild ID, a questionnaire survey was used. The results of the research suggest that from the perspective of both teachers and pupils the implementation of school-based sexuality education is insufficient. Pupils report that sexuality education was little discussed and that the information they received was insufficient. The research suggests that pupils are interested in the topic and in gaining new information. Therefore, sexuality education should be more supported in schools and should be more frequently implemented in classes. This is especially important in the case of pupils with mild ID who have had fewer practical subjects in the past years. These subjects used to provide sufficient space for topics such as sexuality education. According to all the respondents, this change is negative. The research revealed several ideas and suggestions for improvement. They mostly relate to high-quality school equipment including visual aids as well as spatial arrangement. Greater attention should also be paid to further training of teachers and their methodological guidance in this area.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50302 - Education, special (to gifted persons, those with learning disabilities)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Exceptional People

ISSN

1805-4978

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

19

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

67-79

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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