Using participatory action research to develop an HIV and Aids school plan

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1-17

  Ferreira, Ronél ^a   Ebersöhn, Liesel ^a   Botha, Karien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Education system; HIV and Aids; HIV and Aids school plan; Participatory action research (PAR); Supporting HIV and Aids infected and affected learners; Teachers; Vulnerable learners

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887938714     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/201412171331     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Belknap M, Roberts R & Nyewe K 2003. Informal sources of learning support. In P Engelbrecht, L Green, S Naicker & L Engelbrecht (eds). Inclusive Education in action in South Africa. Pretoria: Van Schaik.
2. Bennell P 2003. The impact of the AIDS epidemic on schooling in sub-Saharan Africa. Background paper for the Biennial Meeting of the Association for the development of Education in Africa, December 2003. Available at http://www.eldis.org/fulltext/impactofaidsonschooling.pdf. Accessed 4 October 2013.
3. Bhana A 2002. Participatory action research: A practical guide for realistic radicals. In M Terre Blanche & K Durrheim (eds). Research in practice: Applied methods for the social sciences. Cape Town: University of Cape Town Press.
4. Chambers R 2005. Ideas for development. London, VA: Earthscan.
5. Coombe C 2000. Keeping the education system healthy: Managing the impact of HIV&AIDS on education in South Africa. Current Issues in Comparative Education, 3:14-27.
6. Department of Education 1999. National policy on HIV&AIDS for learners and educators in public schools, and students and educators in further education and training institutions. Government Gazette, 410(20372). Pretoria: Department of Education. Available at http://wced.pgwc.gov.za/branchIDC/special_ed/hiv_aids/National_policy_on_HIV-AI DS.pdf. Accessed 4 October 2013.
7. Department of Education 2000. National Education Policy Act, 1996: Norms and Standards for Educators. Government Gazette, 415(20844). Pretoria: Department of Education. Available at http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=66234. Accessed 7 October 2013.
8. Ebersöhn L 2008. Children's resilience as assets for Safe Schools. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 18:11-18.
9. Ebersöhn L, Eloff I & Ferreira R 2007. First steps in action research. In JG Maree (ed.). First steps in research. Pretoria: Van Schaik Publishers.
10. Ebersöhn L & Ferreira R 2012. Coping in an HIV/AIDS-dominated context: teachers promoting resilience in schools. Health Education Research, 26:596-613. doi: 10.1093/her/cyr016
11. Education International 2008. Leadership in the HIV and AIDS Response: A Toolkit for Teachers' Unions to promote Health and Improve Education. Belgium: EI. Available at http://download.ei-ie.org/docs/IRISDocuments/EI%20Campaigns/EFAIDS%20Programme/2009-00004-01-E.pdf. Accessed 7 October 2013.
12. Ferreira R 2006. The relationship between coping with HIV&AIDS and the asset-based approach. PhD thesis. Pretoria: University of Pretoria.
13. Ferreira R 2007. Community-based coping: An HIV&AIDS case study. In N Duncan, A Naidoo, J Pillay & V Roos (eds). Analysis, context and action: An introduction to Community Psychology. Cape Town: Juta.
14. Ferreira R 2008a. Culture at the heart of coping with HIV&AIDS. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 18:97-104.
15. Ferreira R 2008b. Using intervention research to facilitate community-based coping with HIV&AIDS. In L Ebersöhn (ed). From microscope to kaleidoscope: reconsidering psychosocial and educational aspects related to children in the HIV&AIDS pandemic. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
16. Ferreira R & Ebersöhn L 2011. Formative evaluation of the STAR intervention: Improving teachers' ability to provide psychosocial support for vulnerable individuals in the school community. African Journal of AIDS Research, 10:63-72. doi: 10.2989/16085906.2011.575549
17. Ferreira R & Ebersöhn L 2012. Partnering for resilience. Pretoria: Van Schaik Publishers
18. International Labour Organisation 2006. An HIV&AIDS workplace policy for the education sector in Southern Africa. Switzerland: ILO. Available at http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_dialogue/@sector/documents/meetingd ocument/wcms_160799.pdf. Accessed 7 August 2009.
19. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2009. A strategic approach: HIV & AIDS and education. Available at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0016/001627/162723e.pdf. Accessed 27 August 2009.
20. Le Roux A 2011. The interference between identity and change: How in-service teachers use discursive strategies to cope with educational change. Education as Change, 15:303-316.
21. Loots MC 2005. 'n Verkenning van opvoeders se mobilisering van bates ter ondersteuning van gemeenskapshantering van MIV&VIGS (An exploration of educators' mobilisation of assets in support of a community's coping with HIV&AIDS). MEd dissertation. Pretoria: University of Pretoria. Available at http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09052005-122103/unrestricted/00dissertation.pdf. Accessed 7 October 2013.
22. Maile S 2004. HIV/AIDS and legal rights: When educators' rights collide with learners' rights. Africa Educational Review, 1:113-127. doi: 10.1080/18146620408566273
23. Nieuwenhuis J 2007. Qualitative research designs and data gathering techniques. In JG Maree (ed). First steps in research. Pretoria: Van Schaik Publishers.
24. Robinson M 2003. Teacher education policy in South Africa: The voice of teacher educators. Journal of Education for Teaching: International research and pedagogy, 29:19-34. doi: 10.1080/0260747022000057954
25. Silverman D 2005. Doing qualitative research. London: Sage Publications.
26. Swart E & Pettipher R 2003. Changing roles for principals and educators. In P Engelbrecht & L Green (eds). Promoting learner development. Preventing and working with barriers to learning. Pretoria: Van Schaik Publishers.
27. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 2007. UNESCO's Strategy for Responding to HIV and AIDS. Paris: UNESCO. Available at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001499/149998e.pdf. Accessed 27 July 2009.
28. UNESCO 2008. School-centred HIV and AIDS Care and Support in Southern Africa. Technical Consultation Report, 22-24 May 2007, Botswana. Paris: UNESCO. Available at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001578/157860e.pdf. Accessed 7 October 2013.
29. Van Dyk A 2005. HIV&AIDS Care and Counselling: A Multidisciplinary Approach. South Africa: Pearson Education.
30. Zungu-Dirwayi N, Shisana O, Udjo E, Mosala T & Seager J 2004. An Audit of HIV/AIDS Policies in Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council. Available at http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s17836en/s17836en.pdf. Accessed 7 October 2013.