This study aimed to investigate teachers' perceptions of and pedagogical strategies in teaching about desire and pleasure, with a particular focus on emotions. The study examined which emotions teachers experience before and during teaching about desire and pleasure, which emotions are perceived as desirable, how these emotions are conceptualised and which pedagogical strategies teachers use to manage their own and the students' emotions. The study used a qualitive approach based on interpretative phenomenology. The methods used for data collection were semi-structed interviews with seven teachers working in a secondary school, an upper secondary school and an upper secondary school for students with intellectual disabilities. The methods used for analysis was interpretative phenomenological analysis. The main result of the study showed that desire and pleasure is a sensitive topic and both teachers and students felt emotions of shame, fear and discomfort. The study also showed how teachers experience emotions such as wonder and pride. The result of the study highlights the demanding emotional work of teachers when they use pedagogical strategies to manage their own and the student’s emotions. These strategies aim to create conditions for maintaining education about desire and pleasure despite those emotions that arise and to challenge and consolidate boundaries in conversations about sex and sexual practices. The result of the study indicates how sexual education about sexuality, desire and pleasure needs to address the students’ vulnerability and integrity and simultaneously needs to an open climate where students can learn about sexuality, desire and pleasure.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-531358 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Humborg, Paula |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningssociologi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | Examensarbete vid Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningssociologi |
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