TIC ET Sexualite Dans L’espace Curriculaire A L’enseignement Secondaire General Au Benin (ICT and Sexuality in Benin’s Secondary School General Curricular Space)

Abstract

This paper explores the curriculum space in secondary general education in the Republic of Benin, in reference to information and communication technologies(ICT) and sexuality. Taking the curriculum space, as described in O’Hair, Mc Laughlin and Reitzug (2000), as the theoretical framework, this study relies on both qualitative and quantitative data from 137 high school graduates who have enrolled in teacher training at ENS in Porto-Novo in 2019. The main concern in this research is to track their learning processes of the knowledge and skills in ICT and sexuality, domains in which Benin secondary general education has remained almost silent until recently. The findings reveal that the large majority of participants (72%) have acquired diverse knowlegde and skills in ICT and 32% in sexuality, often in the margin of the official school programmes. Thus, the two domains belong to the null curriculum, and curriculum leadership suggests that teachers take lessons from these experiences to inform their practices in the official domain.