Pre-service primary teachers' preparation to teach integrated HIV/Aids• awareness curriculum in Kenyan primary schools
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2013-02-22
Authors
Njeru, Eva Wanjue
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Abstract
Globally, the impact of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune
deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is one of the major challenges to all sectors of the society. In
Kenya, HIV and AIDS was declared a national disaster in 1999. By 2004, the pandemic was
given special attention by the Ministry of Education and the school curriculum was reviewed to
integrate AIDS education. This study intended to find out what preparation pre-service teachers
are given to teach integrated HIV and AIDS awareness education through seeking to find out the
integrated HIV and AIDS awareness education related content in the Primary Teacher Education
(PTE) curriculum. The second objective of the study was to establish the pedagogical approaches
for teaching integrated :R.IV and AIDS used by tutors to teach integrated HIV and AIDS
awareness curriculum in Primary Teacher Training Colleges (PTTCs). Thirdly, the methods preservice
student teachers are taught to use in teaching HIV and AIDS related content were
determined. The study also sought to find out the challenges faced by teacher educators in the
implementation of integrated HIV and AIDS awareness curriculum in Primary Teacher Training
Colleges. The last objective of the study was to find out the perceptions of the pre-service
teachers about their preparedness to teach integrated HIV and AIDS awareness curriculum in
primary schools. Descriptive survey research design was used in this study. The study locale was
Kiambu County .The study targeted a population of 1620 student-teachers and 158 tutors.
- Random sampling was used to select 100 second year student- teachers representing 12.3% of
the population. Purposive sampling helped to select 16 tutors from two colleges who represented
12.7 % of the tutors' population. Data was collected through analysis of the Primary Teacher
Education (PTE) syllabus, interview schedules and questionnaires. Quantitative data was
analyzed using descriptive statistics. Data from interviews and open ended questions was
transcribed and organized into 'themes and sub-themes, categories and sub-categories in order to
answer the research questions. The sfudy found that most of the integrated HIV and AIDS
awareness education content is found in-Primary Teacher Education (PTE) Integrated Science
syllabus. It was also established that learner centred methods are used by tutors to teach
integrated HIV and AIDS awareness education and that the pre-service teachers are taught to use
learner centred methods to teach integrated HIV and AIDS awareness education. One of the
challenges tutors face is lack of specialized pre- and / or in-service training in the teaching of
integrated HIV and AIDS awareness curriculum. The study however found that pre-service
teachers perceive that they had been adequately prepared to teach integrated HIV and AIDS
awareness curriculum in primary schools. The study concluded that pre-service teachers are
adequately prepared to implement the HIV and AIDS awareness curriculum. The study
recommended that knowledge and skills in the practice of integration of HIV/AIDS awareness
curriculum should be included in the pre-service education for PTE tutors.
Description
Department of Educational Management Policy & Curriculum Studies, 71 p. The LB 2806.15 .W3 2012
Keywords
Curriculum change, Curriculum planning --Social aspects