Abstract
M.Ed.
This study, entitled "Parents' views on teaching of Sexuality issues in the Environmental Education Curriculum in the Zambezia Province of Mozambique" focused on parents of grade seven learners in Quelimane and Cololo in the Zambezia Province.
My interest in conducting such an investigation stemmed from the fact that I am working for the project piloting the above curriculum, including issues of Population (Pop) and Family Life Education (FLE). I was informed that parents' were not satisfied with our work in the schools, due to the fact that we were "teaching nonsense to young children, promoting promiscuity". My concern was that, not having parents support our project, it would never succeed even if having the best intentions regarding the youth.
Therefore, there was a need to conduct an inquiry which could lead to identifying the real reason underpinning the parents' refusal, and to afterwards design a plan to modify the training in order to gain parents' support.
In this regard, I conducted interviews and lesson observations in some schools where the trial testing was done, followed by data analysis of research data representing the parents', learners' and teachers' opinions and my own views. This way, I hoped to propose ways of strengthening the relationship between the school community and parents and also to empower all participants (community, teachers and learners). Hopefully, a curriculum would result from the consensus among all interested parties in the process, with the objective of improving the citizens' life.