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Author(s)
Paul Makocho1 and Jenny Lewis2
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DOI:10.17265/2328-7136/2018.02.001
Affiliation(s)
1. Dean of Students’Affairs and Lecturer in Biological Sciences, Malawi University of Science and Technology, Limbe Box 5196, Malawi
2. Former Director of Centre for Studies in Science and Mathematics Education (CSSME), School of Education Retired, School of Education, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
ABSTRACT
The needs of young people in classroom based HIV/AIDS Education in Malawi,
have been explored using questionnaires, interviews and document analysis. In contrast to previously
reported literature on HIV/AIDS education in Malawi, the
present study has drawn pupils’ needs directly from the pupils themselves, focussed
on classroom practice, and triangulated the various data sets to give a comprehensive
narrative of what pupils perceive to be their needs in HIV/AIDS education, and used the same to
question the effectiveness of the HIV/AID curricula. Pupils identified the need for open discussion climates on HIV/AIDS issues
despite a conservative cultural and religious adult world. They also identified
a need for explicit and accurate knowledge on HIV/AIDS issues, opportunities to
acquire behavioural skills for HIV prevention, and involvement of external speakers. The wealth of the pupils
needs identified in this study suggests lack of effectiveness of the HIV/AIDS curricula.
This suggestion however needs to be reinforced with data from classroom observations, teacher questionnaires,
and interviews with teachers and education advisers in order to inform effective policy and practice.
KEYWORDS
Perception, epidemic, behavioural, preventive, abstinence, prevalence, incidence, misconception.
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