ABSTRACT

Existing research points to a gap in knowledge regarding what teachers in primary schools know about harmful sexual behaviour, and about how they react and deal with this behaviour in the school setting. This article sets out to better understand this gap based on results from a digital survey carried out among teachers in primary schools in South-Eastern Norway. Data were collected from 15 primary schools with a total of 159 respondents from a selection of 376 teachers, which makes up a response rate of 42.3%. Findings from the survey show that teachers report lack of knowledge about children who display problematic and harmful sexual behaviour, and that they struggle to find an appropriate response towards the behaviour when observed in school. The article identifies both individual and systemic responses in schools that may impede early intervention towards harmful sexual behaviour.

摘要

现有的研究表明，在小学教师对有害性行为的了解以及他们在学校环境中如何反应和处理这种行为方面存在知识差距。本文旨在根据对挪威东南部小学教师进行的数字调查结果更好地了解这一差距。数据来自15所小学，从376名教师中抽取了159名受访者，回应率为42.3%。调查结果显示，教师报告说对表现出有问题和有害的性行为的儿童缺乏了解，并且在学校观察到的行为时，他们难以找到适当的回应。