A presente tese discute e analisa a importância da inclusão de temas como gênero e sexualidade na formação de professores/as da Região da Campanha na perspectiva de uma Educação para a sexualidade, que contemple um viés mais amplo, levando em conta os aspectos culturais, sociais e históricos em relação a esses temas. A pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, com aporte teórico nos Estudos Culturais e Estudos de Gênero, a partir da perspectiva pós-estruturalista, utilizou a técnica de grupo focal com aluno/as formando/as do Curso de Pedagogia da Universidade da Região da Campanha. Ao longo de seis encontros foram propostas discussões com o intuito de refletir e expor alguns conceitos relacionados com uma Educação para a Sexualidade e as representações expressas através de artefatos culturais como músicas e obras literárias que, de alguma forma, mostravam modos de ser e de viver de homens e mulheres nesta região do Rio Grande do Sul. Também foram pesquisados os currículos dos cursos de Pedagogia, bem como os currículos dos cursos de formação docente em nível médio da região, a fim de verificar se os mesmos possuíam disciplinas voltadas para as questões de gênero, sexualidade e diversidade. Os resultados apontaram a importância de entender as escolas como espaços fundamentais de formação e que os discursos e práticas por elas veiculados afetam modos de ser e de estar no mundo, trazendo a responsabilidade de refletir sobre tais espaços educativos, revendo suas ações, sua estrutura, seus conceitos e poderes. Diante da dificuldade do corpo docente em trabalhar questões em sala de aula no campo da sexualidade e das relações de gênero, esta tese pretende suscitar o debate e levantar subsídios para pensarmos de que forma podemos pensar um currículo de formação que atenda às demandas existentes nas escolas da Região da Campanha. A partir disso, seria interessante propor uma educação que pudesse incorporar as perspectivas que tematizem, exponham e discutam a sexualidade em sua complexidade, como uma construção social, cultural e histórica, ultrapassando assim a dimensão apenas biológica, como geralmente é tratada nos cursos de formação docente e nos diferentes níveis de ensino. / This paper discusses and analyses the importance of including themes like gender and sexuality in the teaching formative process of teachers in the Região da Campanha [The Southernmost Plains Area] within the viewpoint of education for sexuality to be overviewed under a broader bias, taking into account the cultural, social, and historical aspects related to these themes. This was a qualitative-approach research, including technical supplies from Cultural Studies and Gender Studies after a poststructuralist perspective, employing focal group techniques with undergraduate students in the Pedagogy Major of Universidade da Região da Campanha [Southernmost Plains Area University] . Across six meetings discussions were proposed aiming toward musing upon and exposing some concepts related to the field of Education for Sexuality and those representations expressed by means of cultural artifacts like tunes and literary works that somehow showed the ways of being and living in this area of the Rio Grande do Sul state. The curricula in the Pedagogy major was also researched, as well as those of middle-level teaching formation courses in order to spot whether those included courses focused on gender, sexuality, and diversity issues. Results pointed to the importance of understanding schools as ground spaces for the formative years and that discourses and practices carried out by them affect the ways of being and facing the world, allowing for the surfacing of the responsibility of looking upon the aforementioned educational spaces in the way of reviewing its actions, structures, concepts, and powers. After pinpointing the difficulties presented by the faculty bodies when working with sexuality and gender relations issues at class, this thesis intends to raise a debate and gather subsidies to allow for the thinking about a formative curriculum able to satisfy those demands now extant in the schools of the Campanha region. Departing from this it would be interesting to propose a sort of teaching that might embody those viewpoints that would bring up the thematic, exposing and discussing sexuality as a social construction and not as something exclusively biological, subjected to norms and bound to be discarded or left out of the school environment.

A presente tese discute e analisa a importância da inclusão de temas como gênero e sexualidade na formação de professores/as da Região da Campanha na perspectiva de uma Educação para a sexualidade, que contemple um viés mais amplo, levando em conta os aspectos culturais, sociais e históricos em relação a esses temas. A pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, com aporte teórico nos Estudos Culturais e Estudos de Gênero, a partir da perspectiva pós-estruturalista, utilizou a técnica de grupo focal com aluno/as formando/as do Curso de Pedagogia da Universidade da Região da Campanha. Ao longo de seis encontros foram propostas discussões com o intuito de refletir e expor alguns conceitos relacionados com uma Educação para a Sexualidade e as representações expressas através de artefatos culturais como músicas e obras literárias que, de alguma forma, mostravam modos de ser e de viver de homens e mulheres nesta região do Rio Grande do Sul. Também foram pesquisados os currículos dos cursos de Pedagogia, bem como os currículos dos cursos de formação docente em nível médio da região, a fim de verificar se os mesmos possuíam disciplinas voltadas para as questões de gênero, sexualidade e diversidade. Os resultados apontaram a importância de entender as escolas como espaços fundamentais de formação e que os discursos e práticas por elas veiculados afetam modos de ser e de estar no mundo, trazendo a responsabilidade de refletir sobre tais espaços educativos, revendo suas ações, sua estrutura, seus conceitos e poderes. Diante da dificuldade do corpo docente em trabalhar questões em sala de aula no campo da sexualidade e das relações de gênero, esta tese pretende suscitar o debate e levantar subsídios para pensarmos de que forma podemos pensar um currículo de formação que atenda às demandas existentes nas escolas da Região da Campanha. A partir disso, seria interessante propor uma educação que pudesse incorporar as perspectivas que tematizem, exponham e discutam a sexualidade em sua complexidade, como uma construção social, cultural e histórica, ultrapassando assim a dimensão apenas biológica, como geralmente é tratada nos cursos de formação docente e nos diferentes níveis de ensino. / This paper discusses and analyses the importance of including themes like gender and sexuality in the teaching formative process of teachers in the Região da Campanha [The Southernmost Plains Area] within the viewpoint of education for sexuality to be overviewed under a broader bias, taking into account the cultural, social, and historical aspects related to these themes. This was a qualitative-approach research, including technical supplies from Cultural Studies and Gender Studies after a poststructuralist perspective, employing focal group techniques with undergraduate students in the Pedagogy Major of Universidade da Região da Campanha [Southernmost Plains Area University] . Across six meetings discussions were proposed aiming toward musing upon and exposing some concepts related to the field of Education for Sexuality and those representations expressed by means of cultural artifacts like tunes and literary works that somehow showed the ways of being and living in this area of the Rio Grande do Sul state. The curricula in the Pedagogy major was also researched, as well as those of middle-level teaching formation courses in order to spot whether those included courses focused on gender, sexuality, and diversity issues. Results pointed to the importance of understanding schools as ground spaces for the formative years and that discourses and practices carried out by them affect the ways of being and facing the world, allowing for the surfacing of the responsibility of looking upon the aforementioned educational spaces in the way of reviewing its actions, structures, concepts, and powers. After pinpointing the difficulties presented by the faculty bodies when working with sexuality and gender relations issues at class, this thesis intends to raise a debate and gather subsidies to allow for the thinking about a formative curriculum able to satisfy those demands now extant in the schools of the Campanha region. Departing from this it would be interesting to propose a sort of teaching that might embody those viewpoints that would bring up the thematic, exposing and discussing sexuality as a social construction and not as something exclusively biological, subjected to norms and bound to be discarded or left out of the school environment.

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A presente tese discute e analisa a importância da inclusão de temas como gênero e sexualidade na formação de professores/as da Região da Campanha na perspectiva de uma Educação para a sexualidade, que contemple um viés mais amplo, levando em conta os aspectos culturais, sociais e históricos em relação a esses temas. A pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, com aporte teórico nos Estudos Culturais e Estudos de Gênero, a partir da perspectiva pós-estruturalista, utilizou a técnica de grupo focal com aluno/as formando/as do Curso de Pedagogia da Universidade da Região da Campanha. Ao longo de seis encontros foram propostas discussões com o intuito de refletir e expor alguns conceitos relacionados com uma Educação para a Sexualidade e as representações expressas através de artefatos culturais como músicas e obras literárias que, de alguma forma, mostravam modos de ser e de viver de homens e mulheres nesta região do Rio Grande do Sul. Também foram pesquisados os currículos dos cursos de Pedagogia, bem como os currículos dos cursos de formação docente em nível médio da região, a fim de verificar se os mesmos possuíam disciplinas voltadas para as questões de gênero, sexualidade e diversidade. Os resultados apontaram a importância de entender as escolas como espaços fundamentais de formação e que os discursos e práticas por elas veiculados afetam modos de ser e de estar no mundo, trazendo a responsabilidade de refletir sobre tais espaços educativos, revendo suas ações, sua estrutura, seus conceitos e poderes. Diante da dificuldade do corpo docente em trabalhar questões em sala de aula no campo da sexualidade e das relações de gênero, esta tese pretende suscitar o debate e levantar subsídios para pensarmos de que forma podemos pensar um currículo de formação que atenda às demandas existentes nas escolas da Região da Campanha. A partir disso, seria interessante propor uma educação que pudesse incorporar as perspectivas que tematizem, exponham e discutam a sexualidade em sua complexidade, como uma construção social, cultural e histórica, ultrapassando assim a dimensão apenas biológica, como geralmente é tratada nos cursos de formação docente e nos diferentes níveis de ensino. / This paper discusses and analyses the importance of including themes like gender and sexuality in the teaching formative process of teachers in the Região da Campanha [The Southernmost Plains Area] within the viewpoint of education for sexuality to be overviewed under a broader bias, taking into account the cultural, social, and historical aspects related to these themes. This was a qualitative-approach research, including technical supplies from Cultural Studies and Gender Studies after a poststructuralist perspective, employing focal group techniques with undergraduate students in the Pedagogy Major of Universidade da Região da Campanha [Southernmost Plains Area University] . Across six meetings discussions were proposed aiming toward musing upon and exposing some concepts related to the field of Education for Sexuality and those representations expressed by means of cultural artifacts like tunes and literary works that somehow showed the ways of being and living in this area of the Rio Grande do Sul state. The curricula in the Pedagogy major was also researched, as well as those of middle-level teaching formation courses in order to spot whether those included courses focused on gender, sexuality, and diversity issues. Results pointed to the importance of understanding schools as ground spaces for the formative years and that discourses and practices carried out by them affect the ways of being and facing the world, allowing for the surfacing of the responsibility of looking upon the aforementioned educational spaces in the way of reviewing its actions, structures, concepts, and powers. After pinpointing the difficulties presented by the faculty bodies when working with sexuality and gender relations issues at class, this thesis intends to raise a debate and gather subsidies to allow for the thinking about a formative curriculum able to satisfy those demands now extant in the schools of the Campanha region. Departing from this it would be interesting to propose a sort of teaching that might embody those viewpoints that would bring up the thematic, exposing and discussing sexuality as a social construction and not as something exclusively biological, subjected to norms and bound to be discarded or left out of the school environment.

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The intention was to observe the reactions of the students to the critical issues, the possibilities and challenges of carrying out critical teaching for beginners, and my attitude as a teacher researcher when addressing these critical issues in the classroom. The theoretical background is centered in the following topics and authors: Critical Applied Linguistics (COX; ASSIS-PETERSON, 1999; FERREIRA, 2006; MOITA LOPES, 1999, 2006; PENNYCOOK, 1998, 2001, 2006); gender and sexuality (LOURO, 2007, 2010; MOITA LOPES, 2002); critical teachers (GIROUX, 1997; SCHÖN, 1983, 2000; SMYTH, 1991; VAN MANEN, 1995, 2007, 2008). The students‟ reactions to the critical issues were varied, among which we can point out comments, jokes, gestures and expressions of embarrassment, detachment from the subject, silence, refusal in doing the activity, omission of the issue, denial, and active participation in carrying out the oral or written activity. The feasibility and the relevance of carrying out critical teaching for beginners were demonstrated by the reflections performed by the students in written and oral activities, indicating the development of a more pluralistic approach to gender and of their linguistic competence. As for my attitude when addressing critical issues, I believe I have achieved reflection on action (SCHÖN, 1983, 2000; VAN MANEN, 1995, 2008) by assuming a political attitude in the choice of the issues and in the planning of the critical activities to be carried out in the classroom. However, I had difficulty in performing reflection in action (SCHÖN, 1983, 2000; VAN MANEN, 1995, 2008) since I had a tendency not to react to critical events that occurred in the classroom. Thereby, I think I have reached the fourth moment of Smyth‟s critical reflection (1991) since I reconstructed my practice, that is, when shifting the focus of my lessons towards critical activities and issues, but I was not able to reconstruct my action with regard to the attitude of not reacting to critical events. / Este estudo caracteriza-se como um estudo de caso crítico de natureza qualitativa. Consiste no desenvolvimento de algumas atividades críticas, focando os temas gênero e sexualidade, em duas turmas de inglês para iniciantes do Centro de Línguas da Universidade Federal de Goiás no ano de 2010. As atividades realizadas abordaram situações vivenciadas por mulheres e pelas próprias alunas, ao discutir a jornada dupla de trabalho das mulheres; diferentes formas de vivenciar gênero, ao tratar da rotina de sábado de dois travestis; e arranjos familiares alternativos, diferentes dos reforçados e impostos pelo padrão hegemônico, ao apresentar famílias de casais homossexuais. A intenção era observar as reações de alunas/os aos temas críticos, as possibilidades e os desafios da realização de ensino crítico em níveis iniciantes e minha atitude como professora pesquisadora ao abordar esses temas críticos em sala. O embasamento teórico centrou-se nos seguintes tópicos e autoras/es: Linguística Aplicada Crítica (COX; ASSIS-PETERSON, 1999; FERREIRA, 2006; MOITA LOPES, 1999, 2006; PENNYCOOK, 1998, 2001, 2006); gênero e sexualidade (LOURO, 2007, 2010; MOITA LOPES, 2002); professoras/es críticas/os (GIROUX, 1997; SCHÖN, 1983, 2000; SMYTH, 1991; VAN MANEN, 1995, 2007, 2008). As reações de alunas/os em relação aos temas críticos foram variadas, dentre as quais se destacam comentários, chacotas, gestos, constrangimento, distanciamento do tema, silêncio, recusa em fazer a atividade, omissão do tema, negação e participação ativa na realização da atividade oral ou escrita. A viabilidade e a relevância da realização de ensino crítico em turmas iniciantes foram demonstradas pelas reflexões realizadas pelas/os alunas/os nas atividades orais e escritas, apontando para o desenvolvimento de uma visão mais pluralista sobre gênero, além do desenvolvimento linguístico. Quanto à minha atitude ao abordar temas críticos, realizei reflexão sobre a ação (SCHÖN, 1983, 2000; VAN MANEN, 1995, 2008) ao assumir uma atitude política na escolha dos temas e planejamento das atividades críticas a serem realizadas em sala. No entanto, tive dificuldade em realizar reflexão na ação (SCHÖN, 1983, 2000; VAN MANEN, 1995, 2008), já que apresentava uma tendência a não reagir diante de eventos críticos ocorridos em sala de aula. Assim, posso dizer que alcancei o quarto momento da reflexão crítica de Smyth (1991) ao reconstruir minha prática, ou seja, ao mudar o enfoque de minhas aulas para atividades e temas críticos, mas não fui capaz de reconstruir minha ação com relação à atitude de não reação diante de eventos críticos.

Depuis plusieurs années, l’Éducation Nationale a donné une place significative à l’éducation à la santé - et notamment à la sexualité - parmi les missions assignées à ses personnels. Cependant les textes et la volonté politique ne suffisent pas toujours à la conduite des actions. Notre étude a tenté d’approfondir la connaissance des représentations et des pratiques pédagogiques des acteurs et d’identifier les obstacles à la généralisation de l’éducation à la sexualité dans les classes de 3e et 4e SEGPA,structures de collège accueillant des élèves en grandes difficultés scolaires. La méthodologie de recherche a été basée sur la conduite de questionnaires et d’entretiens pour les personnels de santé, de direction et enseignants de SEGPA. Ensuite les contenus des manuels scolaires de Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre abordant la sexualité ont été analysés. Enfin, plus de 250 élèves de 4e et 3e SEGPA ont été interrogés par questionnaire. L’influence des représentations en matière d’éducation à la sexualité, les pratiques pédagogiques centrées principalement autour d’informations biophysiologiques au détriment des compétences psychosociales, le partenariat encore insuffisant, le besoin de formation des personnels, la carence dans la mise en place des CESC, la résistance de certains personnels de l’Éducation Nationale apparaissent encore comme des obstacles à la mise en œuvre d’une éducation à la sexualité, malgré les attentes des élèves. / In recent years, the French National Education system has put considerable emphasison health education, and notably on sex education, in redefining the missions of itsemployees. However changing policy and establishing new directives is not alwaysenough to generate new actions. This study attempts to improve our understanding ofthe representations and the teaching practices of stakeholders involved in sexeducation, and to identify factors impeding the implementation of sex education in 8thand 9th grade pupils of SEGPA classes, i.e. classes adapted for children with learningdisabilities in middle-schools. Questionnaires and interviews were applied to schoolmedical staff, to members of the direction, and to SEGPA teachers, the sex educationcontents textbooks were analysed, and a questionnaire was applied to more than 2508th and 9th grade pupils of SEGPA classes. Our findings indicate that in spite of pupilexpectations regarding sex education, many factors limit effective implementation ofsex education : the representations that educational staff have of sex education,teaching practices centred on transmitting biophysical information while more or lessneglecting the development of psychosocial competencies, the lack of training in sexeducation, the ineffective or non-implementation of Health and Citizenship EducationCommittees (CESC) in schools, and the reluctance of some educational staff toimplement sex education.

Urbanová, Zdeňka: A Woman in Art. /Diploma Thesis/ Prague 2011 - Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education, Department of Art, 100 standard pages focus of the thesis: theoretical and research study with an art project subject: interception of gender stereotypes and use of women art in an artistic production aim: to find out if pupils use gender stereotypes during their perception and to try to information them with this issue contribution, knowledge: an evocation of the interest in this issue in the context of art key words: women art, feminism, gender, gender stereotypes, identity, sexuality, erotic, plastic sur- geries, doll, art education

Sex-education in Canada has predominantly been informed by an abstinence-based content, leaving the sexual literacy of adolescents hanging in the balance. As public health statistics indicate, sexually transmitted infection, early and unwanted pregnancy, and rates of HIV/ AIDS are staggeringly high. At the center of these statistics is the young Black female, as they are disproportionately over-represented in negative public health statistics. Many factors have been theorized to be the cause; from socioeconomic factors to educational limitations, it has been historically concluded that the individual failings and class issues of Black women are the root cause of sexual decision making that causes negative health implications. However, adopting a critical perspective may lead to a different conclusion. This qualitative study sought to explore if the lack of comprehensive, racially attentive, and reflective sex-education as well as the influential societal discourse that shapes Black women and their sexuality in stereotypical lights, may have an impact on the sexual decision making of Black women. Through centering and highlighting the lived experiences, perspectives, and insights of a diverse pool of Black women, the stereotypes and scripts of Black femininity and sexuality, their root causes, and the impacts on young Black girl’s sexual decision making were captured to collaboratively redefine and reclaim Black femininity and sexuality while capturing what would be helpful to include in sex-education, specific to Black girls and women. This study’s theoretical underpinnings are Black Feminist Theory, Critical Race Theory, and Hip-Hop Feminism, which has been coined by me as “the trifecta”. A focus group with Black female-identified participants was conducted and facilitated through open-ended question and discussion based processes. Thematic analysis was adopted to explore themes, meanings and to gain a better understanding of the participant’s collective perspectives regarding sex-education and Black femininity and sexuality. The main finding of this study, based in the lived experiences and insights of the participants, were that harmful societal scripts and stereotypes about Black femininity and sexuality historically and as they are presented in popular media, coupled with inconsistent and bare sex education, has the ability to affect the sexual decision making of young Black girls in a way that feeds participation in unsafe sexual practices. This study fills gaps in literature because it contributes to the limited critical body of research that paramount the voices and insight of Black women in regards to sexual practice. This study also fills gaps by extending the conversation of Black women and sexual decision making, by suggesting tangible solutions of how the participant’s insights can be injected into larger policy and practice as well as social work research. The information supplied by the participants of this study will help social workers, policy makers, and educators create racially attentive, comprehensive, and accessible sex-education. / Thesis / Master of Social Work (MSW) / Sex-education in Canada has predominantly been informed by an abstinence-based content, leaving the sexual literacy of adolescents hanging in the balance. As public health statistics indicate, sexually transmitted infection, early and unwanted pregnancy, and rates of HIV/ AIDS are staggeringly high. At the center of these statistics is the young Black female, as they are disproportionately over-represented in negative public health statistics. Many factors have been theorized to be the cause; from socioeconomic factors to educational limitations, it has been historically concluded that the individual failings and class issues of Black women are the root cause of sexual decision making that causes negative health implications. However, adopting a critical perspective may lead to a different conclusion. This qualitative study sought to explore if the lack of comprehensive, racially attentive, and reflective sex-education as well as the influential societal discourse that shapes Black women and their sexuality in stereotypical lights, may have an impact on the sexual decision making of Black women. Through centering and highlighting the lived experiences, perspectives, and insights of a diverse pool of Black women, the stereotypes and scripts of Black femininity and sexuality, their root causes, and the impacts on young Black girl’s sexual decision making were captured to collaboratively redefine and reclaim Black femininity and sexuality while capturing what would be helpful to include in sex-education, specific to Black girls and women. This study’s theoretical underpinnings are Black Feminist Theory, Critical Race Theory, and Hip-Hop Feminism, which has been coined by me as “the trifecta”. A focus group with Black female-identified participants was conducted and facilitated through open-ended question and discussion based processes. Thematic analysis was adopted to explore themes, meanings and to gain a better understanding of the participant’s collective perspectives regarding sex-education and Black femininity and sexuality. The main finding of this study, based in the lived experiences and insights of the participants, were that harmful societal scripts and stereotypes about Black femininity and sexuality historically and as they are presented in popular media, coupled with inconsistent and bare sex education, has the ability to affect the sexual decision making of young Black girls in a way that feeds participation in unsafe sexual practices. This study fills gaps in literature because it contributes to the limited critical body of research that paramount the voices and insight of Black women in regards to sexual practice. This study also fills gaps by extending the conversation of Black women and sexual decision making, by suggesting tangible solutions of how the participant’s insights can be injected into larger policy and practice as well as social work research. The information supplied by the participants of this study will help social workers, policy makers, and educators create racially attentive, comprehensive, and accessible sex-education.