<p> The goal of this study is to contribute to understandings of parent-school relationships involving parents of students with autism by exploring notions of belonging with a small group of parents. The purpose of the study is to describe the experiences of middle school parents of children with autism. From these descriptions, I examined how parents of students with autism might contribute to understandings of belonging in school-family partnerships and enable schools and families to collaborate more effectively. This study addresses an apparent gap in understandings of belonging of parents of children with autism in their relationships with their child's school. As parents are asked to make connections with their children's school in parent-school partnerships, understandings of those connections are vital to generating and sustaining meaningful and effective relationships between parents and schools. This study uses thick descriptive methods (Geetz, 1973) to examine the phenomenon of belonging in parent-school partnerships among a small group of parents of middle school children with autism. The experiences of the parents in this study suggest that parents of middle school students with autism seek a sense of belonging in their relationships with those they work with regarding their children's schooling. This study also suggests that a sense of belonging may be an essential element of effective parent-school partnerships.</p>

In 2001 the then UK Government set a national target to get 50 per cent of young people between the ages of 18 and 30 into higher education by the year 2010. To achieve this goal, higher education institutions were required to deliver Widening Participation initiatives that would target under-represented groups in a bid to raise aspirations and bring them into the sector. The study that underpins this thesis was an investigation into the issues surrounding widening participation from the perspective of students in their final year of compulsory schooling. It began as a year-long longitudinal study of the students’ views as they moved towards a key transitional point in their lives. Nine students were identified from Year 11 in one school. Three were drawn from each of the following three categories or groups of students: (i) ‘traditional students’, these were students who were deemed as belonging to groups that were already well-represented in higher education; (ii) ‘non-traditional’ students, these were deemed ‘non-traditional’ in the sense that they were seen as belonging to groups that were under-represented in higher education; (iii) ‘widening participation’ students, these were recipients of a widening participation initiative delivered by their nearest university which, by implication, also deemed them as being ‘non-traditional’ in the sense that they were seen as belonging to groups that were under-represented in higher education. Each participant was interviewed in-depth three times whilst they were in Year 11; in December 2003, in March 2004, and again in June 2004. Whilst all interviews sought to elicit information about their lives at that point in time, the first interview was intended to gather relevant information about their past lives, the second a more in-depth look at their current lives, and the third focused on their future lives. Follow-up data were collected from some of the participants in 2009, 2010 and 2011. An in-depth interview also took place in June 2004 with the university’s Widening Participation Officer and the school’s Head of Year 11 and Widening Participation Co-ordinator. They are considered to be key informants to widening participation initiatives, more broadly in the case of the former, and specific to the school in the case of the latter. The thesis reports on the process through which participants were selected (or not selected) for widening participation intervention, learning identities in school and out, imagined futures, choices, and ultimately what happened to those students who were tracked beyond Year 11. Flaws in the widening participation policy agenda at the time of the main data collection period were identified as: (i) the individualization of the problem which drew attention away from the structural nature of the problem of under-representation and also from deep-rooted flaws within the education system; (ii) the lack of awareness of the longitudinal nature of the problem whereby entrance into higher education is dependent on prior learning and prior qualifications – this resulted in little or no account being taken in the selection process of widening participation-targeted individuals’ previous patterns of achievements, such that they may not be on a trajectory that makes higher education a viable option, and (iii) the valuing of non-participation in higher education. The thesis concluded by acknowledging that a new legislative framework about to be implemented in 2012 appears to be addressing some of these concerns. Issues that remain unaddressed include deep-rooted problems within the formal education system, the valuing of non-participation and of vocational training, and an appreciation that learning takes place on a trajectory.

Název anglicky: Religious teaching in selected primary schools of Most and Olomouc after 1989 Autor: Bc. Lenka Gromanová Katedra: Katedra pedagogiky Vedoucí: doc. PhDr. Jiří Prokop PhD. Abstract The diploma thesis titled " Teaching of religion in selected primary schools of Most and Olomouc after the year 1989" offers in its 1st chapter a retrospective look at the history of religious education during the 20th century, and more specifically since the founding of the Czechoslovak Republic to the revolutionary year 1989. The following section of the thesis is devoted to the legislation that deals with the teaching of religion and approach to the religions per se. These include in particular the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms, the Education Act, but in the same time here is not any lack of space for specific educational programs and particular curriculums. In the case of Most region and Olomouc region is outlined historical development and current situation of the teaching about religion. Quantitative research which is stated in the empirical section of the thesis includes a questionnaire survey, which was carried out on five selected primary schools of Most region and Olomouc region. Respondents of the survey were headmasters, students and their parents. Structured interviews with...

Despite increased diversity noted in undergraduate education in recent years (Antonio, 2003), students from non-majority groups continue to be underrepresented in graduate school. Many research studies (Perna, 2000, 2004; Perna & Titus, 2005; Rowan-Kenyon, 2007; Walpole, 2003, 2007b) have used measures of cultural and social capital to increase the explanatory power of the traditional econometric framework in college choice models, but have not used these sociological variables as a primary focus. The purpose of this correlational study was to explore the influence of cultural capital and social capital on the decision of bachelor’s degree completers to enter graduate school and ultimately to degree achievement. The study is an extension of Perna’s 2004 work, which examined similar relationships of cultural and social capital variables via use of the Baccalaureate & Beyond: 93/97 study. Based on Walpole’s findings (2003), variables related to socioeconomic status (SES) were also included in my analysis. The data used to answer the research questions were collected as part of a longitudinal study, the Baccalaureate & Beyond: 93/03. Participants in the Baccalaureate & Beyond: 93/03 study were students in the U.S. who earned a bachelor’s degree during the 1992-1993 academic year, representing a population of 1.2 million individuals (Choy, Bradburn, & Carroll, 2008). My findings revealed that measures of cultural and social capital have a significant influence on graduate school enrollment and degree completion. Among low SES students (as designated by family income) cultural and social capital variables substantially increased the likelihood of graduate degree attainment.

Este estudo visou a pesquisar a Sexualidade na adolescência, objetivando levantar as amplas questões que a envolvem e a trabalhar com adolescentes escolares a educação preventiva, mediante a implementação de um Programa Educativo, numa perspectiva participativa, problematizadora e reflexiva. Tratou-se de uma Pesquisa-Ação qualitativa com referenciais teórico-metodológicos fundamentados por Paulo Freire, no que tange à problematização, humanização, otimização da vida e visão totalizadora do ser humano. No levantamento dos dados, utilizamos um instrumento norteador com questões fechadas e abertas e observação participante. A pesquisa se deu numa escola municipal interiorana, com 30 alunos da 4ª série do Ensino Fundamental, de ambos os sexos, na faixa etária de 10 a 12 anos, atendendo aos preceitos ético-científicos. Organizamos os dados em quadros e a análise por categorização, possibilitando a compreensão e interpretação das falas dos adolescentes pesquisados. Estes, em quase sua totalidade, entendem a adolescência como fase de crescimento e nova; apresentam uma idéia real embora simplista sobre Sexualidade e sexo, evidenciando Sexualidade como algo ligado ao comportamento e ao corpo, e sexo como ato em si e gênero; revelaram já ter visto algo sobre o assunto no conteúdo de Ciências Naturais; têm os pais como principal fonte de informação, tentando com estes esclarecer dúvidas; afirmaram ser a escola o melhor local para o aprendizado da Sexualidade; concentraram suas dúvidas nos assuntos respeitantes ao sexo e ao corpo, desejando dirimi-las com os profissionais de saúde; relacionaram a saúde ao bem-estar e à vida, e sua promoção com a busca de cuidados preventivos; sugeriram que esta temática seja discutida mediante estratégias participativas, com informações simples e claras. Concluímos, construindo um Programa Educativo, subsidiado numa concepção crítica e reflexiva, com vistas à práxis comprometida com a educação libertadora, favorecendo atitudes responsáveis e efetivas na edificação de uma identidade consciente e autônoma, à luz da qualidade de vida. / The present study was sought to survey Sexuality in adolescent students, aiming at rising a variety of questions which surround it, and to work with adolescent students a preemptive education, by means of implementing an Educational Program, in a participative, problematical and reflexive perspective. It has been a qualitative Survey-Action with theoretical-methodological referentials founded by Paulo Freire, in respect to the rendering of problems, humanization, life optimization and totalizing vision of the human being. For the data surveying it has been used a guideline comprised of multiple choice questions and writein ones, as well as a participant observation. The study took place in a Public school from the countryside, with thirty (30) students in the 4th grade of Basic Education, male and female, ages from 10 to 12, fulfilling the ethical and scientific precepts. We have organized the data through tables and categorization analysis, enabling the comprehension and interpretation of the adolescents\' speeches that were surveyed. These adolescents, almost in their totality, view adolescence as a growth and new stage; present an actual, although simple, idea about Sexuality and sex, highlighting Sexuality as something connected to behavior and body, and sex as the act itself; they revealed having already seen something about it in their Natural Science classes; they considered the parents as the main source of information, trying to elucidate their doubts with them; they stated that the school was the best place for Sexuality learning; they concentrated their doubts in subjects concerning sex and body, wishing to elucidate them with health care professionals; they related health to welfare and life, and its promotion through searching for preemptive care; they suggested this theme to be discussed by means of alternative and participative strategies, with clear and simple information. We conclude, creating an Educational Program with critical and reflexive actions, aiming at a committed praxis to the freeing education to build an autonomous and conscious identity, in light of the quality of life.

The dynamic information context is challenging school communities to calibrate their ways of understanding information literacy. However empirical research reports a lack of shared understanding and vision around information literacy that is negatively impacting its development. The solution it is argued is to increase the level of multi stakeholder dialogue about the information literacy phenomenon. The purpose of this study was to create a platform for dialogue within an international school community by identifying and comparing conceptions of information literacy across multiple stakeholder groups to proactively inform information literacy practice. Working within the qualitative paradigm and invoking a phenomenographic methodological approach the research drew from a trans-disciplinary theoretical background in the information, management and education sciences. Using recorded focus group discussions stakeholders including students, parents, teachers, library staff, IT personnel, administration and leadership shared their perceptions of the information context as a stepping stone to sharing their conceptions of information literacy. The findings show that stakeholder groups perceived the information context to be characterised by environmental, social human and affective dimensions; that stakeholders did not hold one singular conception of information literacy but rather they shared a series of conceptions of information literacy to varying degrees, and that the variation in the ways information literacy was conceptualised prevailed across three continuums namely the individual-collective, affective-cognitive and competency–personal mastery continuums. Furthermore, the comparative analysis of the series of conceptions of information literacy created the opportunity to develop a model of the common ground of conceptual understanding of information literacy thereby making an original contribution to knowledge. The study provides compelling insights for information literacy practitioners recommending that a shared conceptual understanding of information literacy requires accommodating its complex socio-contextual nature and anchoring that understanding in the philosophical, pedagogical and strategic thinking of the learning community.

Submitted by Rosina Valeria Lanzellotti Mattiussi Teixeira (rosina.teixeira@unisantos.br) on 2018-11-12T12:35:08Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Bruna Zatorre Pereira Monteiro.pdf: 1250161 bytes, checksum: 99e8adef96aaa03cc555c8e26698343a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-12T12:35:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bruna Zatorre Pereira Monteiro.pdf: 1250161 bytes, checksum: 99e8adef96aaa03cc555c8e26698343a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Esta pesquisa tem como tema central o papel formativo desempenhado pelas equipes escolares no Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID). Implantado pelo governo federal por meio da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), e regulamentado em 2010 pelo Decreto 7.219. O Programa tem como propósito contribuir para o aperfeiçoamento da formação de licenciandos, elevando a qualidade da formação inicial dos futuros professores, promovendo a integração entre educação superior e educação básica, articulando teoria e prática. Para isso, propõe mobilizar os professores das escolas de educação básica, para que recebam os bolsistas e atuem como coformadores dos futuros docentes. Esta pesquisa, de abordagem qualitativa, valeu-se de entrevistas semiestruturadas com professores supervisores, diretores e supervisores de ensino, tendo em vista captar e analisar de que forma as equipes escolares percebem e assumem o desafio de participar do processo de formação de futuros professores, no PIBID. Os principais autores que nortearam a pesquisa foram: Paulo Freire (2007) ¿ Formação de professores e prática docente; Zeichner (2010) - Relação teoria e prática; Nóvoa (2009) ¿ Relação Universidade e Escola; Canário (1999) ¿ crise de legitimidades das escolas a partir de Programas e reformas. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida em três escolas públicas de ensino fundamental do município de Santos-SP e foi analisada a partir de três categorias, sendo elas: A relevância do estágio permeada pela subcategoria que diferencia estágio e PIBID a partir das falas dos sujeitos; a relação teoria e prática que permeia como subcategoria a relação da equipe escolar com o subprojeto do Programa; e formação contínua, que é um dos princípios norteadores do PIBID. Como resultado foi possível apontar que a equipe escolar não reconhece de forma satisfatória a sua responsabilidade de coformação dos alunos bolsistas, necessitando lançar um olhar mais crítico sobre o papel da escola na formação do licenciando. / This research has as central theme the formative role played by the school teams in the Institutional Program of Initiation to Teaching (PIBID). Implemented by the federal government through the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Level Personnel (CAPES) and regulated in 2010 by Decree 7.219. The program aims to contribute to the improvement of the training of graduates, raising the quality of the initial training of future teachers, promoting the integration between higher education and basic education, articulating theory and practice. To this end, it proposes to mobilize the teachers of the basic education schools, so that they receive scholarship recipients and act as co-educators of future teachers. This qualitative research was based on semi-structured interviews with supervisor teachers, principals and supervisors, with a view to capturing and analyzing how school teams perceive and take on the challenge of participating in the training process of future teachers, in the PIBID. This qualitative research was based on semi-structured interviews with supervisor teachers, principals and supervisors, with a view to capturing and analyzing how school teams perceive and take on the challenge of participating in the training process of future teachers, in PIBID. The main authors that guided the research were: Paulo Freire (2007) - Teacher education and teaching practice; Zeichner (2010) - Relationship theory and practice; Nóvoa (2009) - University and School Relations; Canário (1999) - crisis of legitimacy of schools from Programs and reforms. The research was developed in three public elementary schools in the city of Santos-SP and was analyzed from three categories: The relevance of the stage permeated by the subcategory that differentiates stage and PIBID from the speeches of the subjects; the relation theory and practice that pervades as subcategory the relationship of the school team with the subproject of the Program; and ongoing training, which is one of the guiding principles of PIBID. As a result, it was possible to point out that the school team does not satisfactorily acknowledge their responsibility for the training of the scholarship students, needing to take a more critical look at the role of the school in the licenciando formation.

This thesis explores children's and teachers' perspectives on creativity, and its implementation, within one primary school classroom in Scotland. The data collection phase of the research employed an ethnographic approach, involving four and a half months of fieldwork in the primary school classroom. Data were generated from participant observation/informal conversations with children and teachers and one round of semi-structured interviews with twenty-five children (aged eleven to twelve) and two teachers. Creativity within primary education has been mainly studied through psychological research, which is mainly based on theories of developmental psychology. Such theories view creativity solely as an individual trait. Despite recognition of the importance of sociocultural issues to the flourishing of children's creativity, the study of their collaborative creativity has been neglected - particularly in relation to socio-cultural power dynamics. This thesis specifically analyses the balance between individual and collective creativity in the primary classroom, examines how collaborative creativity can acknowledge childhood diversity, and poses questions about how we include children with differing and complex identities in creative processes. Furthermore, this research has been carried out in Scotland, within the context of a fairly new curriculum, the Curriculum for Excellence. This curriculum has been viewed by some as a progressive, modern and motivating curriculum that enables children's autonomy, and by others as one that has been highly influenced by accountability and performativity regimes, which leave limited space for children's and teachers' autonomy. This thesis examines how the Curriculum for Excellence is interpreted in everyday practice and the extent to which it enables the cultivation of children's creativity. The thesis does so by shedding light on the practical interconnections between children's and teachers' agency, structural enablers/barriers, and cultural processes. The findings of this study show that children perceive, perform and embody creativity not only as an individual trait, but also as a collaborative process. However, the findings also show that collaborative creativity entails many complexities and that cultural barriers to creativity may emerge when power among people (children and teachers) operates in ways that create cultures of exclusion. The thesis concludes that the multiple identities of the Curriculum for Excellence, its multiple interpretations, and lack of coherence regarding what is expected of teachers, leads to a blurred landscape of implementation. The thesis argues that lack of a clear plan, strategy and framework for enabling creativity inhibits the founding principles of the Curriculum for Excellence from being achieved. The thesis also argues that environmental and structural barriers within the research setting inhibit the flourishing of children's creativity, but that the structural barriers can sometimes be overcome through the construction of enabling cultures. The thesis is able to define enabling cultures as cultures that value diversity, promote inclusion, and view space not as static, but as a dynamic process. In so doing, the findings of this study emphasise the interconnected importance of: viewing creativity as an individual trait; perceiving creativity as a collaborative process; and thinking in spatial terms, for example, in ways that create the space for children to perceive, perform and embody creativity in their diverse, but equally valuable ways. This finding enables this study to argue that there is a need for future policies and curricula which promote and encourage greater flexibility in teaching and learning practices, in order to enhance children's and teachers' agency and thus allow them to collaboratively create the types of enabling environments, originally envisaged by the Curriculum for Excellence, that will allow children's creativity to flourish.

Submitted by Talita Fabiana Roque da Silva null (talitafabianaef@gmail.com) on 2017-02-28T22:29:44Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Texto final da dissertação.pdf: 4441806 bytes, checksum: d4d1428a218522f1c63c1803b616a206 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Juliano Benedito Ferreira (julianoferreira@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2017-03-07T14:10:16Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_tfr_me_bauru.pdf: 4441806 bytes, checksum: d4d1428a218522f1c63c1803b616a206 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-07T14:10:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_tfr_me_bauru.pdf: 4441806 bytes, checksum: d4d1428a218522f1c63c1803b616a206 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-06 / O ensino do esporte junto às aulas de Educação Física na escola ainda está circunscrito por um cenário de debates com opiniões distintas e divergentes. Uma delas está relacionada ao ensino do conteúdo esportivo somente através de vivência nas aulas, sem reconhecer o desenvolvimento de um conhecimento conceitual, vinculado à dimensão técnico tática do esporte. Junto ao ensino deste conteúdo, nos parece importante pontuar a dificuldade que muitos professores enfrentam quando ensinam algum esporte coletivo para um grupo grande de estudantes. Muitas vezes, um pequeno grupo joga enquanto a maioria da sala permanece na arquibancada, em algumas ocasiões sem sequer assistir o jogo. O trabalho com o conhecimento conceitual dos esportes, nestes casos, poderia mobilizar o grupo de estudantes que não está jogando a também aprender sobre o esporte, só que de um outro modo. É neste sentido, que o objetivo deste estudo foi identificar e analisar o conhecimento conceitual técnico-tático do jogo de handebol quando o estudante observa jogos da referida modalidade (de seus colegas de sala e de vídeos utilizados pela pesquisadora/professora de Educação Física da turma). O estudo está baseado na pesquisa-ação, envolvendo a participação de trinta estudantes de uma turma de sexto ano de uma escola estadual de uma cidade do interior de São Paulo, com uma intervenção que durou onze semanas, envolvendo um total de vinte e duas aulas. Para a coleta de dados foram realizadas: observações das aulas, registradas em diários, e questionários respondidos pelos estudantes. Para discussão dos resultados foram elaboradas três categorias de análise: 1. Os conhecimentos conceituais técnico-tático do jogo de handebol manifestados pelos estudantes; 2. O conhecimento declarativo técnico-tático do handebol e suas implicações para a construção de um jogo elaborado; 3. Ensino do handebol na escola com enfoque no conhecimento declarativo: limites e possibilidades. A melhora no desenvolvimento do conhecimento conceitual técnico-tático foi evidenciada nas respostas manifestadas pelos estudantes nos questionários, bem como em situações de aulas, registradas nos diários. Já no que se refere à construção de um jogo mais elaborado, foi possível constatar a mudança de postura e posicionamento dos estudantes em quadra durante o jogo. Trabalhar com o conhecimento declarativo proporcionou uma aprendizagem diferenciada aos estudantes, pois ultrapassou o ensino da técnica, na medida em que além da vivência prática do handebol os estudantes também construíram um conhecimento conceitual, ou seja, das regras e funcionamento do jogo. Algumas dificuldades também foram enfrentadas durante a pesquisa, como: a diferença de habilidade entre os estudantes e o pouco tempo pedagógico disponível para realização da intervenção. Ainda assim, foi possível constatar uma aprendizagem por parte dos estudantes no que se refere ao conhecimento conceitual técnico-tático do jogo de handebol, bem como a construção de um jogo mais elaborado demonstrado por eles. O estudo também nos permitiu construir um material didático para o desenvolvimento do conhecimento declarativo, especialmente nos esportes, para as aulas de Educação Física na escola. Tais resultados sinalizam para a necessidade de novas pesquisas sobre esta temática que nos permitam estabelecer diálogo entre elas com a expectativa de melhor explorarmos o conhecimento declarativo nas aulas de Educação Física. / Teaching sports in Physical Education classes at school is still surrounded by several discussions with different opinions. One of them concerns teaching the sport content only by the empirical experience in classes, not recognizing the development of a conceptual knowledge, associated with the technical and tactical dimensions of the sport. Besides teaching this content, it seems to be important to point out the difficulty many teachers have while teaching any team sport to a large group of students. Often, a small group plays while most of the class students are in the stands; sometimes they do not even watch the game. Working with the conceptual knowledge of sports, in these cases, could make the group of students who are not playing also learn about the sport, but under another perspective. In that sense, the purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the conceptual knowledge of handball techniques and tactics while the student watches to some matches (played by classmates and some videos used by the researcher/Physical Education teacher). This study was based on the action-research and involved the participation of thirty sixth-grade students of a State school located in a small city in the state of São Paulo, using a 12-week intervention and involving a total of 22 classes. To collect data, the following actions were taken: observation in the classes, registered in log books, and student-reported questionnaires. To discuss results, three categories were designed for analysis: the conceptual knowledge of handball techniques and tactics students showed to have; the declarative knowledge of handball techniques and tactics and their implications while building a higher quality game; teaching how to play handball at school focusing on the declarative knowledge: limits and possibilities. The improvement in the development of the conceptual knowledge of techniques and tactics was evidenced in the answers the students gave in the forms, as well as in class situations, duly registered in the log books. Regarding the capability of playing better, a change in students’ posture and positioning in court while playing was observed. Working with the declarative knowledge allowed the students to learn better, as it overcame teaching techniques, as, besides the practical experience in handball, students built a conceptual knowledge of the rules and functioning of the game. In addition, there were some difficulties in the research, such as: the different skills of the students and the short pedagogical time available for intervention. Yet it was possible to prove that students learnt the conceptual knowledge of handball techniques and tactics and they could build a higher-level game played. This study also allowed us to prepare a teaching material to develop the declarative knowledge, especially in sports, for the Physical Education classes at school. The results indicate the need for new researches on this theme, in a way to allow for a dialogue between them, aiming at better exploring the declarative knowledge in Physical Education classes.

Orientador: Tania Moron Saes Braga / Resumo: Este estudo tem como objetivo identificar a presença de ações educativas voltadas à sexualidade em uma escola pública de uma pequena cidade do interior paulista e as sugestões apontadas pelos professores e alunos para a viabilização de ações voltadas à realidade escolar. Foram utilizados questionários e registros de ocorrências para a coleta de dados junto a professores e alunos. Os resultados indicaram que a abordagem dos assuntos relativos à educação sexual está condicionada ao currículo de matérias específicas e vinculada à figura do professor, sendo realizada de maneira assistemática e descontínua, distante das proposições dos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais. Utilizando-se o referencial da psicologia da saúde e os princípios da análise do comportamento, identificou-se a necessidade de programas de intervenção dirigidos primeiramente à capacitação de professores e, em seguida, à promoção da saúde de alunos, focando-se conteúdos e habilidades envolvidos no comportamento sexual saudável. / Abstract: The objective of this study is to identify the presence of educative actions directed to sexuality in a public school of a small town of the Paulista country and the sugestions showed by teachers and pupils to make possible the actions concerning the educational reality. Questionnaires and registrations of occurrences have been used to the data collection related to teachers and pupils. The results showed that the approach of the subjects relating to sexual education is conditioned to the curriculum of specific disciplines and linked to the teacher's figure, being performed in an asystematic and discontinuous way, remote from the propositions of the National Curricular Parameters. By using the reference of health psychology and the principles of behaviour analysis, it has been identified the necessity of intervention programs directed firstly to capacitate teachers and then to promote the pupils health, emphasizing contents and abilities involved in healthy sexual behaviour. / Mestre