‘Breaking out of the cocoon’: academics’ experiences of integrating HIV and AIDS into the curriculum

dc.contributor.authorVan Laren, Linda
dc.contributor.authorDe Lange, Naydene
dc.contributor.authorTanga, Pius
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-14T13:56:42Z
dc.date.available2016-06-14T13:56:42Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractEnglish: The South African Higher Education Policy Framework on HIV and AIDS tasks universities to address HIV and AIDS in teaching, research and community engagement. In a global economy, integration in academic disciplines is a cost-effective method, simultaneously allowing for multiple perspectives of engaging with the epidemic. This study uses a qualitative approach to explore the sharing experiences of academics who integrate HIV and AIDS issues into the curriculum. Academics from three South African higher education institutions were interviewed. Three themes emerged from an analysis of their experiences: to share or not to share; how academics view integration in terms of their role as an academic, and who is integrating what. The findings indicate that academics are taking up the challenge, but that they require collegial support.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAfrikaans: Die Suid-Afrikaanse hoëronderwys beleidsraamwerk vir MIV en VIGS vereis dat universiteite MIV en VIGS in onderrig, navorsing en gemeenskapsbetrokkenheid aanspreek. Dit is egter koste-effektief om MIV en VIGS in akademiese dissiplines te integreer, terwyl dit terselfdertyd die geleentheid bied om vanuit ’n verskeidenheid perspektiewe die epidemie aan te spreek. Hierdie studie gebruik ’n kwalitatiewe benadering om die ervaring van hoe akademici wat MIV en VIGS in hul dissiplines integreer en hul inisiatiewe met ander deel, te bestudeer. Akademici van drie hoëronderwysinstellings is genader en individuele onderhoude is met hulle gevoer. Die analise van die data het drie temas opgelewer, naamlik: om te deel of nie; hoe akademici integrasie sien in terme van hul rol as dosent, en wie integreer wat. Die bevindinge dui daarop dat akademici die uitdaging aanvaar, maar dat hulle kollegiale steun benodig.af
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Laren, L., De Lange, N., & Tanga, P. (2013). 'Breaking out of the cocoon': academics' experiences of integrating HIV and AIDS into the curriculum. Acta Academica, 45(3), 291-317.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0587-2405 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2415-0479 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/2937
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectCurriculaen_ZA
dc.subjectHigher educationen_ZA
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African Higher Education Policy Frameworken_ZA
dc.title‘Breaking out of the cocoon’: academics’ experiences of integrating HIV and AIDS into the curriculumen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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