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A comparative analysis of the views of master trainer and learners on HIV/AIDS messages

Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2012.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/24471 A comparative analysis of the views of master trainer and learners on HIV/AIDS messages Ogina, Teresa Auma Beckmann, Johan L. gccmlambo@telkomsa.net Mlambo, Gezephi Cordelia Constance Life skills Secondary school learners Hiv and aids messages Learners UCTD Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2012. The purpose of the study was to investigate the views of master trainers for life skills and the views of secondary school learners concerning the information they receive on HIV/AIDS. Master trainers are educators who were identified by the Department of Education to train groups of people and learners in various schools about life skills. Life skills can be described as the adaptive and positive behaviour that enables individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. My assumption was that there may be a relationship between how the messages are communicated and understood and adolescent behaviour. There may also be factors that contribute to a lack of change in behaviour - despite the information disseminated on HIV/AIDS. To reach out to young South Africans with effective prevention programmes has become a key to slowing the rate of HIV infection and ensuring a stronger future for the country (UNAIDS, 2006). This is done through awareness programmes in school-based life skills education, which is part of the life orientation programme. Knowledge of the views would be important to all people involved in the battle against the pandemic and may benefit, particularly, those educators who have been assigned the special role of disseminating HIV prevention messages. Learners receive messages from different sources, such as media, peers, parents and educators in various institutions. The problem is that despite the knowledge acquired through various programmes, learners are still unwilling to translate that knowledge into positive behaviour (low risk sexual behaviour). Girls are still falling pregnant and, therefore, it is very important to look at the messages learners get and how they understand them as this may have an influence on their behaviour. This research has used a qualitative approach to collect and analyse data. Semi-structured interviews were used because to obtain rich descriptive data that helped the researcher to understand the participants’ construction of knowledge and social reality (Maree et al., 2009).Two master trainers from each of the three identified secondary schools were interviewed. Group interviews were used for and learners. The study was conducted in Barberton in the Ehlanzeni region of Mpumalanga. The data was collected using a tape-recorder. Permission and consent was sought and obtained to collect data in the schools that were involved in the study. The data was analysed and several themes were identified. The messages that the learners received from the Life Skills programmes were perceived in different ways. The different sources of knowledge concerning HIV/AIDS that the learners accessed at the time contained conflicting messages. More emphasis was placed on the debate around the use of condoms, while there were other issues that needed attention, such as decaying moral standards, lack of parental support, peer influence and material needs - all factors that lead to risky sexual behaviour in teenage learners. Education Management and Policy Studies unrestricted 2013-09-06T17:37:42Z 2013-05-20 2013-09-06T17:37:42Z 2013-04-09 2012 2013-05-08 Dissertation Mlambo, GCC 2012, A comparative analysis of the views of master trainer and learners on HIV/AIDS messages, MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24471 > E13/4/385/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24471 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05082013-114117/ © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle Life skills
Secondary school learners
Hiv and aids messages
Learners
UCTD
A comparative analysis of the views of master trainer and learners on HIV/AIDS messages
title A comparative analysis of the views of master trainer and learners on HIV/AIDS messages
title_full A comparative analysis of the views of master trainer and learners on HIV/AIDS messages
title_fullStr A comparative analysis of the views of master trainer and learners on HIV/AIDS messages
title_full_unstemmed A comparative analysis of the views of master trainer and learners on HIV/AIDS messages
title_short A comparative analysis of the views of master trainer and learners on HIV/AIDS messages
title_sort comparative analysis of the views of master trainer and learners on hiv aids messages
topic Life skills
Secondary school learners
Hiv and aids messages
Learners
UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24471
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05082013-114117/