Phenomenology of Sex Education Based on View Points of Educational Experts in Secondary Schools

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explain and analyze the concept of sex education and its obstacles based on educational experts’ perspectives in secondary schools in Kerman. To do so, through the phenomenological method and purposive sampling, lived experiences of twelve educational experts via semi-construct interview were collected.The results revealed four criteria for the concept of education: explanation, criteria for offering sex education, inner motivation and critical view. However, these criteria that distinguish education from pseudo-education have not been well fulfilled. There are two main reasons why sex education has become ineffective: 1) people who are in charge of sex education are not commit to sex ethic codes and 2) they have limited knowledge about how to fulfill the sex education goals. It is worth to mention that as a consequence of unsatisfactory performance of the education authority in ‘explanation’ as the first component of education, other components have not yet well developed.

Keywords

• sex education- educational experts- phenomenology- students