Building the inclusion of the theme sexual education in the political pedagogical project of a public school of the Goiânia-Goiás in perspective of the research-action

Abstract

Study about the difficulties faced by professors when working the theme of sexual orientation in the school environment, aiming to develop pedagogical educational practices centered in prevention. The general goal was to develop and analyze, together with the teachers of a public school located in the east side of the city of Goiânia/Goiás, the process of critical consciousness about the construction of educational strategies of prevention and promotion of the student’s sexual and  reproductive health. Descriptive research of qualitative approach, with focus on research-action. A group of educators formed by teachers, principal and coordinators of the morning period of the school participated in the research. To obtain the data we used group meetings, participant observation and individual interview which happened in the period of April 2006 through March 2007. The analysis of the data was made from analytical description of the group meetings and the discussions based on the theoretical referencing. The result of this investigation showed us that the movement of the group favored the process of critical consciousness of the teachers on the complexity of the sexual orientation work in the school environment, as well as the acquisition of new knowledge that subsidized the elaboration of a proposal of inclusion of this theme in the school’s Political Pedagogical Project. We consider that the methodology of the research-action showed itself to be effective in approaching the studied group because of the participative and mobilizing characteristic, allowing the reach of the proposed goal and making it an instrument for the development of educational and innovative actions about the theme of sexual orientation in the school environment.