TITLE:
Practices of Sexuality Education for Children in China’s Rural Schools: Types, Challenges and Strategies
AUTHORS:
Jianxin Wan, Hui Cao
KEYWORDS:
Sexuality Education for Children, School-Based Sexuality Education, Rural Primary Schools, Sexuality Education Equality
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.13 No.8,
August
11,
2022
ABSTRACT: When research focuses were mostly on urban schools, it is a great necessity of turning attention to sorting out the types and challenges of child sexualityeducation practices in China’srural schools and putting forward corresponding strategies. It is found that there are generally three practice types which are type of attaching to physiological courses, type of task-driven sexuality education part-time provided by basic subjects teachers, and type of class delivery by exterior social organizations. They are all facing practical challenges of lack of teaching resources, one-sided teaching contents, and poor educational sustainability. To cope with these challenges, highlighting the subject positionof children, strengthening the construction of child sexuality educationresources, promoting the concept and practice mode of comprehensive sexualityeducation and ensuring the sustainability of sexuality education courses or activities are crucial practical strategies.