The Importance of Sexual Education in Teacher Training and Its Impact on Sexist Practices in Early Childhood Education: A Look at Current Literatures.

Abstract

This research was conducted as the final work of the 'Introduction to Sexuality and Sexual Education' course in the postgraduate program in Sexual Education at the São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara campus. Its aim is to investigate the academic production related to the theme of Sexual Education in teacher training and its impact on sexist practices in Early Childhood Education. The data for the research were obtained from a bibliographic survey conducted in the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations over the last ten years. Through this mapping, it was concluded that there is a gap in the theme of Sexual Education in teacher training, which in turn contributes to pedagogical actions characterized as heteronormative, permeating through higher education to Early Childhood Education.