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How can I effectively integrate sexuality education in my teaching practice in a grade 6 class? : a teacher's self-study.

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2007

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This dissertation reports on the self-study in which I, as a practicing educator, reflect on my attempts at integrating sexuality education across three learning areas in grade 6 class over a period of one semester. Through the anonymous questionnaire, my grade 6 learners identified issues around sexuality that they would have liked to be taught. From this exercise, I then conceptualized a curriculum unit integrating the issues they identified. The dissertation documents and reflects on the process of my self-study of the process we went through during the curriculum unit, particularly in relation to integration of the controversial and complex issues around sexuality. It is from this reflection that I offer lessons learned from the process regarding, for example, dealing with emotions of self-study, the importance of teacher lives, and the capabilities that learners have in being effective partners in the learning process.

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Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2007.

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Theses--Education., Sex instruction--Study and teaching (Primary), Sex educators--South Africa.

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