ERIC Number: EJ995613
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0380-2361
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Teaching HIV/AIDS through a Child-to-Child Approach: A Teacher's Perspective
Mwebi, Bosire Monari
Canadian Journal of Education, v35 n3 p117-132 2012
This paper draws from a larger study conducted in Kenya, which was a narrative inquiry into a teacher's experiences of teaching the HIV/AIDS curriculum using a child-to-child approach. The two major research questions of this study were: 1) What are the experiences of a teacher teaching the HIV/AIDS curriculum using a child-to-child curriculum approach? 2) What are the experiences of children learning the HIV/AIDS curriculum using a child-to-child curriculum approach? The findings suggest that a teacher who adopted a child-to-child curriculum approach in teaching HIV/AIDS experienced a transformed classroom learning environment characterized by: sharing authority with children; constructing a democratic classroom; learning to listen to children; affirming children's voices and ownership in learning; creating a partnership with parents; interrupting gendered classroom; and developing children's advocacy in community matters. The study concludes with recommendations for equipping teachers with the necessary skills to teach the subject. These skills are: the ability to create a child-centered classroom, ability to listen to children, ability to engage parents, and talking openly on issues about HIV/AIDS.
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Student Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Teaching Methods, Personal Narratives, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Advocacy, Teacher Student Relationship, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kenya
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