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Content Analysis of the Status and Place of Sexuality Education in the National School Policy and Curriculum in Tanzania

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dc.creator Mkumbo, Kitila A. K.
dc.date 2016-03-10T11:20:22Z
dc.date 2016-03-10T11:20:22Z
dc.date 2009
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T11:50:07Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T11:50:07Z
dc.identifier Mkumbo, K.A., 2009. Content analysis of the status and place of sexuality education in the national school policy and curriculum in Tanzania. Educational Research and Reviews, 4(12), pp.616-625.
dc.identifier 1990-3839
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/827
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10523
dc.description Full text available at http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/ERR/article-full-text-pdf/4B11D834171
dc.description In Tanzania, sexuality education in schools is not provided as a standalone subject; rather it is mainstreamed in other subjects, namely Social Studies, Science, Civics and Biology. However, it is not clear how much sexuality education is covered in these subjects. The purpose of this study was to examine the status of sexuality education in the Tanzanian national school curriculum. In order to discern the amount and nature of sexuality education in the school curriculum, the syllabi for the above subjects were subjected to content analysis. The results have revealed three major trends of school-based sexuality education delivery in Tanzania. First, only a few aspects of sexuality education, particularly in the area of HIV/AIDS, are covered in the Tanzanian national school curriculum. Second, a greater part of sexuality education is covered during secondary education level, which is arguably too late given that sexuality education works effectively if it is provided early before young people reach puberty, in this case during primary education level. Third, the current sexuality education delivery mainly focuses on knowledge, and little attention is paid to the other aspects of sexuality education, namely skills and relationships and attitudes and values.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Educational Research and Reviews
dc.subject Sexuality education
dc.subject HIV/AIDS
dc.subject school curriculum
dc.subject guidelines
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.title Content Analysis of the Status and Place of Sexuality Education in the National School Policy and Curriculum in Tanzania
dc.type Journal Article


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