Beyond metaphor drawings to envisage integration of HIV & AIDS education: a self-study in primary Mathematics teacher education

dc.contributor.authorVan Laren, Linda
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-11T09:39:32Z
dc.date.available2018-04-11T09:39:32Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractResearchers using participatory methods that are engaging, purposeful and facilitate social change may need further pragmatic strategies to encourage the required change. Using pencil-and-paper drawings to introduce HIV & AIDS integration in a discipline such as Mathematics Education is an innovative participatory strategy to initiate change. However, following up on such innovations to encourage take-up of HIV & AIDS integration would benefit the initiative. The following research question guides this study: What pragmatic strategy could I use in pre-service Mathematics Education to further take-up of HIV & AIDS education integration in school disciplines? I explore HIV & AIDS integration in a pre-service Primary Mathematics Education module that I taught at a higher education institution in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, by studying the drawings and experiences of eight final-year pre-service teachers. I use a metaphor-drawing activity to disrupt the ‘comfort zone’ of teaching Mathematics, following up by providing the pre-service teachers with learner activities suitable for primary school classrooms. When asked if they were able to integrate HIV & AIDS in Mathematics classrooms, these generalist pre-service teachers appeared to rely on phase-specific teaching material in order to take up the initiative. There is a need to use innovative participatory methods to initiate change and to provide pragmatic support for this envisaged change.en_ZA
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dc.identifier.citationVan Laren, L. (2014). Beyond metaphor drawings to envisage integration of HIV & AIDS education: A self-study in primary Mathematics teacher education. Perspectives in Education, 32(2), 21-36.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2519-593X (online)
dc.identifier.issn0258-2236 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/8188
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherFaculty of Education, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderFaculty of Education, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectHIV & AIDS education integrationen_ZA
dc.subjectPrimary mathematicsen_ZA
dc.subjectSelf-studyen_ZA
dc.subjectMetaphor drawingsen_ZA
dc.subjectPre-service teachersen_ZA
dc.titleBeyond metaphor drawings to envisage integration of HIV & AIDS education: a self-study in primary Mathematics teacher educationen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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