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Sex education in school from the historical-cultural psychology

This article reports one project in the area of Educational Psychology by the historical-cultural theory. It was developed in an elementary school and aimed to provide sex education for adolescents helping them to live their sexuality in an independent and responsible way. The intervention occurred in 15 weekly meetings, with the use of different methodological strategies covering the following themes: 1) Identity of the group and survey of expectations, 2) rules of group interaction; 3) Concept of Sexuality, 4) Concept of social adolescence, 5) Physiology and Health, 6) Sexual and Reproductive Health, 7) Sexual Initiation, 8) Teenage Pregnancy, 9) Sexual Violence, 10) Standards of Beauty and attitudes of discrimination and 11) Gender and sexual diversity. Students and teachers evaluated the proposed intervention as satisfactory and needed at school. We aim to continue the project with other students and offer training to the teachers.

Sexuality; education; cultural-historical psychology


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