Knowledge About The Changes In Puberty Among Prepubescent Children In Selected Countries

Puberty is an important element of sex education in the global dimension. The pre-pubescent needs to be adequately prepared in time for puberty, for all changes, relationships and contexts. The cognitive and informative level of puberty knowledge represents the level of learning and expresses the amount and quality of information or knowledge. Our pedagogical research realized the level of knowledge about changes in puberty shown by primary school pupils the Czech Republic, Sweden, China, Spain. We used the didactic knowledge test to determine knowledge about changes in puberty among primary school pupils. The level of knowledge about changes in puberty was verified by selected test tasks. We used descriptive statistics to describe the data. The non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test was used to identify statistically significant differences in pupil responses across countries. The results pointed out that the pre-pubescent people did not have the right knowledge and did not comprehend the relationships and connections with the issue of puberty comprehensively. The prepubescent often do not realize the biological aspect and its importance for the future reproductive life of each person in the context of further changes. Puberty can be described as a fundamental hormonal process of physical changes. Early adolescence preparedness means that children should acquire the necessary knowledge about it before it starts, even when they are primary school pupils. Educational research conducted by us investigated the level of knowledge about changes in puberty shown by primary school pupils in selected countries.