Materials and Method:

An exploratory systematic review of the scientific literature published in the world was carried out, using the keywords school teacher, sex education and attitudes in English, Portuguese and Spanish from 2003 to 2019, through a search in the SciELO, Scopus, Cinhal, Ovid and BVSL databases and in reference articles. They were evaluated by two authors independently using tools from the Joanna Briggs Institute. Compliance with 70% of the criteria to be evaluated was established as a measure of rigor.

Results:

A total of 13 articles passed the rigor assessment, eight qualitative and six quantitative, from Europe [1], Southeast Asia [3], South Africa [6], North America [1], South America [1] and Australia [1]. The studies show that aspects such as culture, gender, knowledge, methodologies, values and prejudices of the teacher constitute conditioning factors of the attitudes of teachers towards SE.

Conclusions:

it is evident that the key to a better SE is good teacher training and the understanding of all the actors in the community to avoid myths and others.

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