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Secondary school teachers’ conceptualisation and implementation of the AIDS action programme in Zimbabwe
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27997 Secondary school teachers’ conceptualisation and implementation of the AIDS action programme in Zimbabwe Hartell, Cycil George rc.mugweni@gmail.com Phatudi, Nkidi Caroline Mugweni, Rose M. Secondary school Response Attitude Hiv Aids Implementation Aids action programme for schools Knowledge Understand Teacher UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2012. In 2003 the Ministry of Education – Zimbabwe, in partnership with UNICEF introduced an HIV and AIDS subject area named the AIDS Action Programme for Schools (AAPS) in secondary schools. It was mandated that AAPS be a compulsory subject area taught alongside other subjects in the curriculum as the objective of the strategy was to use the life-sustaining power of education to reduce the learners’ vulnerability to HIV infection. Despite the innovation there still exists a high prevalence of 11,1% of HIV infection among secondary school learners (UNAIDS 2010183). The high HIV infection rate prompted the study into how secondary school teachers understand, respond to and implement the AAPS. The study was founded upon the Concerns-Based Adoption Model. The sample comprised twenty teachers, four school heads and two Ministry of Education officials from the Masvingo district. Data for the qualitative case study was collected via individual interviews, focus group interviews and open-ended questionnaires. The study found that the AAPS has a low status in schools. Most teachers face numerous challenges regarding their understanding and implementation of the AAPS. It became apparent that teachers had mixed perceptions, were uninformed, ignorant, frustrated or confused regarding the AAPS policy, curriculum requirements and components. They developed negative attitudes because they lacked resources, syllabuses and prescribed textbooks, support, sufficient time for the subject area and a protective policy to cover them when they teach sensitive topics. The lack of understanding among teachers created feelings of helplessness and fear of implementing the subject area. Teachers feared loss of status among colleagues in the schools, and that they or their learners might be labelled as being HIV-positive. Teachers feared teaching orphaned and vulnerable learners in their classrooms, some of whom were infected and affected by HIV and AIDS, without being able to offer them practical solutions. Teachers who had a positive attitude attempted to adapt the curriculum while many were reluctant and ignored implementation of the subject area. Evaluated against the Concerns-Based Adoption Model, it was revealed that many of the teachers implemented the AAPS at low stages of concern and levels of use. Overall, the subject area was implemented with reluctant compliance and compliance with constraints, revealing a disjunction between policy and curriculum requirements and practice in the schools. In the light of these findings, recommendations were made with regard to the study on training and support of teachers. The Ministry of Education should become proactive in developing teachers’ knowledge and skills via significant and ongoing professional development and training for all teachers in HIV and AIDS education. School heads should exercise control and provide support with regard to curriculum implementation. Subject area coordinators, and school heads should deliberately create opportunities for staff to collaborate and exchange creative ideas and information that will improve teachers’ conceptualisation and implementation of the curriculum. Qualified and interested teachers should be appointed in a permanent capacity to teaching HIV and AIDS education. Universities should develop and provide programmes that will prepare teachers to effectively implement the curriculum of the AIDS Action Programme for Schools. Early Childhood Education unrestricted 2013-09-07T12:42:22Z 2012-09-21 2013-09-07T12:42:22Z 2012-09-05 2012-09-21 2012-09-17 Thesis Mugweni, R 2012, Secondary school teachers’ conceptualisation and implementation of the AIDS action programme in Zimbabwe , PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27997 > D12/9/155/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27997 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09172012-145533/ © 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 application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Secondary school Response Attitude Hiv Aids Implementation Aids action programme for schools Knowledge Understand Teacher UCTD Secondary school teachers’ conceptualisation and implementation of the AIDS action programme in Zimbabwe |
| title | Secondary school teachers’ conceptualisation and implementation of the AIDS action programme in Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Secondary school teachers’ conceptualisation and implementation of the AIDS action programme in Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | Secondary school teachers’ conceptualisation and implementation of the AIDS action programme in Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Secondary school teachers’ conceptualisation and implementation of the AIDS action programme in Zimbabwe |
| title_short | Secondary school teachers’ conceptualisation and implementation of the AIDS action programme in Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | secondary school teachers conceptualisation and implementation of the aids action programme in zimbabwe |
| topic | Secondary school Response Attitude Hiv Aids Implementation Aids action programme for schools Knowledge Understand Teacher UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27997 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09172012-145533/ |