Sexuality Education in Swedish School‐Age Educare: Teaching and Approaches in Informal Spatialities
Published online on July 11, 2026
Abstract
["European Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 3, September 2026. ", "\nABSTRACT\nThis study investigates the somewhat underexplored field of sexuality education in Swedish school‐age educare and is part of a larger practice‐based research project on sexuality education in primary school. This paper aims to identify how and where sexuality education in school‐age educare could be enacted, and what it might include. Empirical data consist of example stories from the everyday work life of a school‐age educare teacher that have been analysed using the work of Annemarie Mol, John Law and others on complexities, multiplicities and spatialities. The findings show that sexuality education is conducted in informal spatialities such as the boys' locker room and on the football field. It also seems to be in need of approaches that include staff de‐dramatising, listening‐in and alternating between planned and spontaneous activities linked to sexuality education. Consequently, the study contributes a hitherto underexplored perspective by identifying and visualising sexuality education in school‐age educare.\n"]