The Impact of COVID-19 on Instruction for and the Implementation of Quebec’s Sexual Health Curriculum

IF 4.3 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Enoch Leung, Katja Kathol, Tara Flanagan
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Abstract

In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated school closures across Quebec. Educators shifted to online learning and complied with COVID-19 safety measures for in-person teaching, impacting the implementation of Quebec’s Sexuality Education program. Drawing on responses from a sample of 165 in-service teachers working in English school boards across Quebec, this study discusses the challenges that characterized teaching sexual health education (SHE) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data analyzed in this study consist of teachers’ responses to one qualitative question: How has the COVID-19 situation affected your teaching and incorporation of Quebec’s comprehensive sexual health education curriculum in your classroom? The results indicate that educators taught less SHE during the COVID-19 pandemic due to a lack of time and other core curriculum subjects taking precedence. Other challenges were present, including a lack of clarity from school administrators on how SHE should be implemented, reduced ability to supplement SHE classes with guest speakers, difficulty facilitating discussions due to students’ home environments, and decreased student engagement. Despite these barriers, teachers felt that teaching SHE during the COVID-19 pandemic was important and expressed the need for more pedagogical development and training opportunities to improve SHE both online and in person.
COVID-19对魁北克省性健康课程教学和实施的影响
2020年3月,新冠肺炎大流行迫使魁北克各地的学校关闭。教育工作者转向在线学习,并遵守现场教学的COVID-19安全措施,影响了魁北克省性教育计划的实施。根据对魁北克省英语学校董事会165名在职教师的抽样调查,本研究讨论了2019冠状病毒病大流行期间性健康教育(SHE)教学面临的挑战。本研究分析的数据包括教师对一个定性问题的回答:COVID-19形势如何影响您的教学和魁北克综合性健康教育课程在课堂上的纳入?结果表明,在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间,由于缺乏时间和其他核心课程科目优先,教育工作者教授的SHE较少。其他挑战包括学校管理人员对如何实施SHE缺乏明确的认识,在SHE课程中邀请客座演讲者的能力降低,由于学生的家庭环境,难以促进讨论,以及学生参与度降低。尽管存在这些障碍,但教师们认为,在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间开展SHE教学非常重要,并表示需要更多的教学发展和培训机会,以在线和面对面地改善SHE。
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Journal of Teaching and Learning
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