Sexuality education at kindergarten and primary and secondary school setting across China

LIU Wenli; LI Jiayang; LI Yiyang

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2024004

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LIU Wenli, LI Jiayang, LI Yiyang. Sexuality education at kindergarten and primary and secondary school setting across China[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2024, 45(1): 46-50. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2024004

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LIU Wenli, LI Jiayang, LI Yiyang. Sexuality education at kindergarten and primary and secondary school setting across China[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2024, 45(1): 46-50. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2024004

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Sexuality education at kindergarten and primary and secondary school setting across China

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2024004

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Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing (100875), China

Received Date: 2023-08-01
Rev Recd Date: 2023-11-03

Available Online: 2024-02-01

Publish Date: 2024-01-25

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Objective To understand the current situation of school-based sexuality education, attitudes and evaluations of teachers and students toward sexuality education, so as to provide evidence for promoting the development of school-based sexuality education. Methods From September to October 2021, 2 140 valid data from students in basic education and 2 146 from kindergarten and primary and secondary school teachers were collected by online questionnaire. The data were described and statistically analyzed, and the influencing factors of teachers' willingness to teach sexuality education courses were explored by logistic regression analysis. Results About 52.06% of the students had not received sexuality education in school, and 47.53% of the teachers did not carry out sexuality education in the school. Sexuality education in schools mainly focuses on reproductive health and physical development. About 48.93% of the teachers thought that the implementation of sexuality education in schools was not good, and the proportion of high school students who thought sexuality education in schools were "very bad" (32.87%) or "not very good" (21.23%) was the highest. The teachers who undertook sexuality education were mainly mental health teachers (55.51% reported by teachers, 43.96% reported by students). About 71.02% of teachers believe that the best way to carry out sexuality education classes was to set up sexuality education curriculum. Students and teachers reported the need for sexuality education, and more than 50% of primary school students and high school students thought that sexuality education were "very needed" and "somewhat needed". About 51.77% of teachers considered sexuality education "very urgent". All increased recognition of sexuality education, confidence in answering sex questions, external support for sexuality education, and acceptance of sexuality education training increased the likelihood of teachers teaching sexuality education (OR=1.02, 1.95, 1.03, 3.53, P < 0.05). Conclusion The current situation of school-based sexuality education is not optimistic, the gap between sexuality education and students' needs is wide, and the abilities of sexuality education teachers are insufficient.
- Sex educaiton,
- Attitude,
- Regression analysis,
- Students

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