25 novembre 2011
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Cláudia Ferreira et al., « Como as infecções sexualmente transmissíveis são apresentadas em manuais escolares de 16 países e que formas de prevenção são facultadas », HAL-SHS : sciences de l'éducation, ID : 10670/1.qzslex
Within the European project BIOHEAD-CITIZEN "Biology, Health and Environmental Education for better citizenship" was carried out a comparative analysis on the topic "Human Reproduction and Sexuality," for which was built a grid of analysis applied to specific textbooks of 16 countries (Germany, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malta, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Tunisia, Senegal). in this paper we present the results on how the sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) are presented in textbooks and which means of preventing these diseases are referred to. AIDS is the STI most commonly presented, being present in all the analyzed textbooks of the various countries whereas the occurrence of other STI (Chlamydia, genital herpes, human papilloma virus, syphilis, gonorrhoea, cancroids, viral hepatitis, virginities) is variable among the textbooks of the 16 countries. Regarding methods of prevention of STIs, the use of condoms during sexual intercourse is the most frequently mentioned, and the images were generally of a condom wrapped in its casing or outside it, or unwound. Textbooks from France, Senegal and Tunisia are the most anchored in the Biomedical model, providing abundant scientific information and leaving behind the Health Promotion for the development of competencies for a healthy sexual behaviour. In contrast, textbooks from Finland emphasise Health Promotion, facilitating young people developing their knowledge based competencies and so being able to adopt responsible behaviours for themselves and for the others. In textbooks from Morocco and from Tunisia there are examples of traditional values and specific culture which are transmitted together with scientific knowledge e moral contents in an injunctive way. It can be concluded that Sex Education contents in textbooks of the several countries result of the interaction between scientific knowledge, values and social practices.