Sex education in the family from the parents’ point of view

Author(s):

Lenka KamanováLenka Kamanová(presenting / submitting)

Conference:

ECER 2011

Network:

21. Emerging Researchers' Group (for presentation at Emerging Researchers' Conference)

Format:

Paper

Session Information

ERG SES H 01, Parallel Session H 01

Paper Session

Time:

2011-09-13

14:00-15:30

Room:

J 25/10,G, 25

Chair:

Fiona Hallett

Contribution

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The paper is an integral part of a PhD project exploring sex education in the family as seen by parents and by children. The objective of the conference presentation is to inform of the findings of the project established so far, with focus on sex education in the family from the parents’ point of view. The research questions are as follows:

What is parents’ understanding of ‘sex education’?

How do parents reflect their own educational activity with respect to sex education?

How do parents communicate with their children in terms of sex education?

The paper focuses on sex education in the family as a part of educational activity directed from parents to children and a part of intergenerational learning in the family, the assumption being that in the case of sex education it is the parents from whom the children learn. The process is basically one of intergenerational transmission of certain knowledge towards children. The author is concerned with both intentional and unintentional educational activity of parents.

Method

The objectives and research questions necessitate qualitative methodology. The principal method of data collection is deep semi-structured interviews with parents who have at least one child aged 12-20. The family selection criteria were: complete family, at least 3 members. The population varies as to domicile address, education of parents and number of children. The interviews are individual or group ones, depending on the respondents’ wish. The population has 10 respondents. The interviews are recorded, transcribed and analyzed and open-coded using ATLAS.ti analytical software.

Expected Outcomes

The research is in the stage of analysis of data from semi-structured interviews. The preliminary research findings suggest that contemporary parents view sex education as an area very hard to define and address. Parents themselves see their role in it especially in connection with prevention of veneral diseases and unwanted pregnancies. Most respondents are not aware of potential unintended transfer of the model of partner life from parents to children. It is largely mothers who are active in the specific area of sex education. Parents who have both a daughter and a son focus on their daughters rather than their sons, in an attempt to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

References

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Author Information

Lenka Kamanová

Masarykova univerzita

Department of Education Science

Brno

Lenka Kamanová (presenting / submitting)

Masaryk university, Czech Republic

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