SELF-EROTISM IN THE CLASSROOM: WHAT THE TEACHERS THINK, RESPOND AND SAY?

Realizing the need for a discussion on the topic of sexuality in schools, and especially teachers training, this qualitative study investigated the teachers' reports about autoeroticism of their students in the classroom: what they think, how they react, say and do in their teaching practice. Nine teachers participated of both sex, who were interviewed for further projective content analysis. The results show that teachers, although they consider this an important work with their students they express difficulty talking about it, even departing from indicating his own views and not based on theories, thus evidencing the deficiency in their training to deal with sexual education in school. We conclude that teachers still perceive sexuality from myths and taboos, especially on autoeroticism, and in that sense, it is important to invest in academic training teachers to develop in a pedagogical way, continuous and systematic sexual education projects in school