Mkumbo Kitila Alexander
School of Education, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Glob J Health Sci. 2012 Jun 20;4(4):149-58. doi: 10.5539/gjhs.v4n4p149.
Teachers' attitudes towards sexuality education are among the important predictors of their willingness to teach sexuality education programmes in schools. While there is a plethora of studies on teachers' attitudes towards sexuality in developed countries, there is a paucity of such studies in sub-Saharan Africa in general and Tanzania in particular. This study examined teachers' attitudes towards and comfort in teaching sexuality education in rural and urban Tanzania. The results show that an overwhelming majority of teachers in both rural and urban districts supported the teaching of sexuality education in schools, and the inclusion of a wide range of sexuality education topics in the curriculum. Nevertheless, though teachers expressed commitment to teaching sexuality education in schools, they expressed difficult and discomfort in teaching most of the key sexuality education topics. This implies that declaration of positive attitudes towards teaching sexuality education alone is not enough; there is a need for facilitating teachers with knowledge, skills and confidence to teach various sexuality education topics.
教师对性教育的态度是其是否愿意在学校开展性教育项目的重要预测因素之一。虽然在发达国家有大量关于教师对性态度的研究，但在撒哈拉以南非洲地区，总体而言此类研究较少，在坦桑尼亚尤其匮乏。本研究调查了坦桑尼亚城乡教师对性教育教学的态度及舒适度。结果显示，城乡地区绝大多数教师都支持在学校开展性教育，并支持在课程中纳入广泛的性教育主题。然而，尽管教师表示愿意在学校进行性教育教学，但在教授大多数关键的性教育主题时，他们仍表示困难和不适。这意味着仅表明对性教育教学持积极态度是不够的；有必要为教师提供知识、技能和信心，以教授各种性教育主题。
