Peng Lulu’s job search experience

“When I chose this major, I hoped to be a sex education teacher in the future. However, either the school politely refused, or there was simply no sex education teacher establishment in the local area.” March 28, 2011 Today, when talking about her job hunting experience in the past few months, Peng Lulu, a female graduate student in the Department of Human Sexuality at China Normal University, felt quite helpless.

Peng Lulu is a third-year graduate student majoring in "Human Sexuality" at the School of Biological Sciences at Central China Normal University. Regarding Peng Lulu, her supervisor, Associate Professor Peng Xiaohui of the School of Biological Sciences at East China Normal University, wrote in her graduation review: The student has the ability to independently set up "sexology" courses in colleges and universities. However, to recruit talents into colleges and universities, they must have a doctorate. She originally wanted to inherit the mantle of her mentor, but she had to give up. What's more, most colleges and universities don't even have sex studies courses.

At the end of last year, she chose Nanjing as her first job search because it was close to home. "My major is human sexuality." When she reported her major, not only the employer but also the job seekers around her had their mouths forming an "O" shape in shock. Because of the "rareness" of her profession, Peng Lulu was discovered by local media and became instantly famous, even alarming the relevant departments in Nanjing. The enthusiastic media helped her contact many primary and secondary schools. However, the other parties said that they did not need such full-time teachers.

In desperation, she returned to her hometown of Anhui. Prior to this, Peng Lulu had been in contact with the principal of a local middle school. Since there is almost no sex education in primary and secondary schools at present, the other party highly recognized her major. However, when she handed her resume to him, he declined.

Peng Lulu made many resumes, but she didn’t want to submit them at all. "It would be in vain if I voted, because there are no sex education teacher positions in the teacher recruitment." Peng Lulu is a very young and beautiful girl. Why did such a lovely girl choose to study "Sexology"? This puzzles many people.

As an undergraduate, Peng Lulu majored in biological sciences, and "Introduction to Sexual Science" was just one of the elective courses. "But the first time I took this class, I was fascinated." She said with a smile, "Sex education class is different from other courses. It is not to prepare for exams, but to teach us about life." For reporters Puzzled, Peng Lulu quoted her instructor's words to explain: "Although sex education is a small matter, there are some things that you feel differently whether you know or don't know."

Because of the lack of understanding of this course She loved it so much that when she was a senior in college, she told her mother that she wanted to study for a graduate degree in sexology. At that time, my mother was shocked: "Huh? Sexology?" At this point, Peng Lulu giggled and "sold" the instructor's words to her mother.

As early as during graduate school, "Teacher Xiao Peng" was very famous among students. Because her tutor was busy, Peng Lulu taught "Introduction to Sexual Science" for one semester. Unexpectedly, the class with more than 100 people was very popular, and many students were still asking in private, "Who is this beautiful teacher?" What's interesting is that because the instructor's surname is also Peng, Peng Lulu was even misunderstood as "Teacher Peng's daughter" ” has been “popular” in campus forums for a while.

Southern Normal University also has elective courses on sexology

In fact, "sexology" courses are not only available at Central China Normal University. In Nanjing Normal University, there is a course called "Sexology Science and Sexuality" The elective courses "Knowledge" are also very popular. In the words of students, everyone “crowds their heads” every year just to take this course.

This course is taught by Shen Haoning, associate professor of the School of Biological Sciences. Speaking of which, she is not from a major, and is also teaching other courses.

When it comes to the future of the sexology major, Teacher Shen believes that even if it is difficult to open a sexology major, it is recommended that normal school students can minor in sexology, which will be beneficial to the education of future primary and secondary school students.

Sexology teachers are not from a "sexology" background

In 1982, Shen Haoning graduated from the School of Biological Sciences of Nanjing Normal University and stayed in school because of his excellent grades. At that time, Teacher Shen was studying "reproductive physiology" in the animal major, not a sex subject.

"I'm afraid there was no sexology major at that time, so I stayed in school and became a biology teacher." By chance, the teacher who originally taught "Reproductive Physiology" retired, and before leaving, he taught this subject The class was entrusted to Shen Haoning. Shen Haoning still remembers the old teacher’s great trust. “This is a very cutting-edge and important subject.

"Shen Haoning, who has always been interested in the direction of "Reproductive Physiology", took over the important task without hesitation.

In 1999, after Nanjing Normal University moved to the new campus, the elective course "Sexual Science and Sexual Knowledge" The course was officially born. "Sexology", a subject that others thought was unattractive, "blatantly" entered the ranks of elective courses. At that time, it was opposed by many people and said: "This requires education." ? Isn’t this self-taught? Someone asked: "I haven't learned anything, so I'm pretty good at it, right?" "Faced with doubts, Shen Haoning insisted on taking this course.

It is recommended that normal college students major in sexology as a minor

Shen Haoning told reporters that currently no university in China offers sexology. Major. Only a few universities, such as Chengdu University and Capital Normal University, have offered minor courses for undergraduates.

“Southern Normal University has not yet opened a minor course in sex studies, only as an elective course. To some extent, I am not a full-time teacher of sexology. My professional title is associate professor in biology education, which doesn’t sound relevant to sexology. Currently I also teach other professional courses in the School of Biological Sciences. "Shen Haoning told reporters.

Teacher Shen believes that from the perspective of social acceptance, it is not appropriate for domestic universities to immediately open sexology majors. There is no suitable position in China that can "digest" a large number of sex studies. "If possible, I hope that all normal colleges will minor in sexology, so that normal school students who are about to become middle school teachers can popularize sexology knowledge and be prepared to deal with the sexual health problems of adolescent children when they start their careers. "Shen Haoning said. Most of the sex education classes in Nanjing's primary and secondary schools are taught by biology teachers "by the way"

During the interview, the reporter found that Nanjing's puberty education is not optimistic, and many primary and secondary schools do not have puberty education in place at all. Puberty Educational classes are superficial, some have one or two temporary classes, and some never even mention sex. Therefore, the number of schools that systematically carry out puberty education courses is quite limited.

“The puberty education in our school is considered to be very limited. It is more important. Students generally take 4-6 classes in junior high school, including puberty physiology, psychology, sexual ethics, sexual protection, etc. The teachers who teach this class are mainly biology teachers and physiology teachers. "The person in charge of moral education at a junior high school bluntly told reporters that puberty education is not widely implemented, and it is not a specialized subject. The school does not pay attention to it. It is impossible for the school to hire a specialized sex teacher to teach. "Now the school They all consciously ask biology or psychology teachers who are not related to sex education to teach them temporarily. ”

Teacher Zhang Fuxin, director of the Jiangsu Provincial Middle School Student Psychological Information Collection and Analysis Center and a senior mental health nurse, told reporters that sex education in schools is relatively “chaotic”, with a lack of universal textbooks to choose from and a lack of professional teachers. Many teachers are part-time teachers, and it is difficult to achieve good educational results in this situation.

It is recommended that Peng Lulu first become a middle school biology teacher

Regarding Peng Lulu’s job search experience, teacher Shen Haoning said. I have always been concerned.

“Currently, there are no full-time teachers of sexology in domestic middle schools and universities. Although there is a shortage, there are no such positions due to various reasons. It might be difficult for Peng Lulu to apply for a job that matches her position. "Teacher Shen Haoning believes that if she wants to enter a college, Peng Lulu will have difficulty with her academic qualifications, because the threshold for undergraduate colleges is now a Ph.D., and Peng Lulu's graduate degree is blocked; if she wants to enter a middle school, there is no middle school specialist.

In this regard, Teacher Shen suggested to save the country through curves, “As far as I know, Peng Lulu’s senior sister, who is also a graduate student of Teacher Peng Xiaohui, is engaged in AIDS prevention and treatment, and is studying sexology. Relevant, but not 100% relevant. Peng Lulu might as well apply to be a middle school biology teacher first. At least it's relevant to her major. After working, you can expand your sex studies courses based on your own interests. "In Teacher Shen's view, the lack of sex education for primary and secondary school students has increasingly highlighted the scarcity of full-time sex teachers. If Peng Lulu can be a good biology teacher and give full play to her expertise, there will definitely be room for her to flex her muscles.