Sex Education in Lebanon and France

Assaad Yammine (1) , Iman Khalil (1) , Pierre Clement (2)

1 Faculté de Pédagogie, Université Libanaise, Beyrouth, Lebanon
2 EA S2HEP - Sciences et Société ; Historicité, Éducation et Pratiques

This work is a comparison between France and Lebanon. It analyzes the conceptions of Lebanese and French teachers on issues concerning human sexuality and its education. Our goal is to highlight the different conceptions of teachers in both countries and to identify the parameters to which these differences are correlated. All the multivariate analyses conducted show two very different systems of conceptions, very significantly differentiating Lebanese teachers' conceptions of French teachers ones. French teachers, unlike their Lebanese colleagues, are more conducive to early learning topics related to sexuality to students between 6 and 15 years old depending on the subject. They are more likely to accept abortion and homosexuality, to focus on safer sex as an attitude that can reduce the spread of AIDS, and to consider that the teaching of STIs is not only the issue of biology teachers. The differences between Lebanon and France are not reducible to religion: each country has its own identity rooted in its specific geographical, historical, economic and cultural context.

Mots clés: Sex education; Multiculturality; religion; conceptions; teachers

Domaines: Education; Etudes sur le genre

Assaad Yammine, Iman Khalil, Pierre Clement. Sex Education in Lebanon and France. ESERA 2011 Conference: Science Learning and Citizenship, Sep 2011, Lyon, France. pp.157-162. ⟨hal-01054224⟩