Desarrollo e implementación del currículo de educación sexual para las escuelas de educación básica en Ecuador

Abstract

Sex education, despite the fact of being a fundamental matter in students´ lives, is not considered crucial and a priority within the educational system. Notwithstanding this, in recent year sex education with a comprehensive approach has been introduced into the Ecuadorian curriculum and as a transversal axis. However, this process has been complicated due to several obstacles that have been evidenced throughout its implementation across different levels of curriculum design. Due to the aforementioned, the present work intends to know how the sex education curriculum has been developed and implemented in schools in Ecuador. To achieve this goal, we proceeded to investigate, analyze and select relevant bibliographic information. Thus, the foundations and guidelines for sex education in the Ecuadorian curriculum have been determined. In addition, it has been revealed the sexual education approaches that have been addressed in schools in recent years. And finally, it has been described how sexual education has reached the different levels of curriculum design. At the end of the investigation, it is concluded that, despite the attempts to introduce sexual education in schools, its implementation has not yet been achieved at the different levels of curriculum design.