Thesis (PhD (Curriculum Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. / The HIV/AIDS crisis in South Africa has reached pandemic levels, with over 1 000 deaths per day. The church in South Africa represents a largely untapped resource for addressing this problem. One of the largest Evangelical church groups in South Africa is the Assemblies of God (AOG/SA). This church group consists of three culturally distinct fraternals: The Group (white), The Association (coloured), and The Movement (black). Although they function under one executive committee, these fraternals have remained organizationally distinct even after the dismantling of apartheid laws in 1991. On the issue of HIV/AIDS, all three fraternals have remained largely quiet and uninvolved. They have made no attempt to strategize on a unified response to the pandemic, nor have they attempted to promote culturally relevant curricula capable of empowering their pastors and theological students to respond effectively to this crisis. The research consisted of two phases, following Rothman and Thomas's Intervention Research model (1994), with special emphasis on the design and development component. The first phase identified and assessed educational, cultural, and religious factors relevant to the development and delivery of a clergy-focused multicultural curriculum intervention addressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa. Data-gathering strategy for the first phase consisted of semi-structured interviews with ethnographic notions. The target groups for the first phase of the research included 15 credentialed AOG/SA pastors and the three fraternal leaders. The leaders and fraternal members participated in semistructured interviews designed to establish cultural and religious points of divergence pertaining to topics surrounding the AIDS pandemic (e.g. sickness, death, sexuality and gender roles). The second phase of the research consisted of the development and delivery of a curriculum intervention. Integrating the cultural and religious factors identified in the first phase of the research, the nine-day curriculum intervention was presented to 34 tertiary-level theological students in two culturally distinct venues. The content of the curriculum primarily emphasized aspects of gender, tradition, and culture as they relate to HIV/AIDS and surrounding issues. The intervention utilized three curriculum theories that were deemed relevant to the educational context of South Africa: humanistic curriculum theory, social reconstructionist curriculum theory and dialogue curriculum theory. Data-gathering strategies for the second phase of the research utilized both quantitative and qualitative instruments with ethnographic notions. The quantitative instruments included the Scale of Basic HIV/AIDS Knowledge (SHAK), Personal Reflections of Men with HIV/AIDS (PRM) and Personal Reflections of Women with HIV/AIDS (PRW). Reflective journaling was used to acquire qualitative data from student participants. Scores significantly improved on the SHAK in both venues. Scores on the PRW improved in both venues, significantly so in one. Unexpectedly, scores on the PRM declined at both venues, although not significantly so. Males with HIV/AIDS were viewed more negatively by both genders at the end of the intervention in both venues. Reflective journal entries indicated that students at both venues clearly perceived a need for the church to be involved in the pandemic; many proposed that sex education should be taking place within the context of church youth ministry. Affective responses were markedly positive for those suffering with AIDS, particularly females. The data clearly indicated that the curriculum was effective in two culturally distinct venues.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:34:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Elena de Abreu Vercesi.pdf: 4640500 bytes, checksum: b501a6dfdd09f07100b391ebfa75d617 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-23 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This dissertation aims to observe the criation, institutionalization, and setting up processes of the Lyceu Franco-Brasileiro São Paulo, known as Liceu Pasteur, and its position within the private high-school field during the first three decades of the 20th century, when the interests in international relations and national political strugles were established. It has been observed how cultural policy in international relations was structured as an important instrument which aimed the interests of the two involved agents, São Paulo oligarchic elite and France. For the execution of the Lyceu a statute was elaborated, which is considered a priviliged source for its study, since it presents the criation set of ideas and how the execution should be carried on. The Departamento Nacional de Ensino (National Department of Teaching) acts and reports relating to anual exams are also priviliged sources, reporting the choice of subjects, number of students and teachers names, and making possible to compare the statute determinations. The school books imported from France and used during the first years after the Lyceu was set up reveal, from their content analysis, the action of French cultural policy. This research has studied the reason why the Lyceu Franco-Brasileiro São Paulo, during its first decades, presented a crisis of the French school model, which resulted in the small number of student applications / O objetivo principal dessa dissertação é observar o processo de criação, institucionalização e instalação do Lyceu Franco-Brasileiro São Paulo, atual Liceu Pasteur, e sua posição em um espaço de educação secundária particular, nas três primeiras décadas do século XX, no qual interesses de relações internacionais e embates políticos nacionais estavam postos. Observou como a política cultural das relações internacionais se estruturou como instrumento importante, para a consecução dos interesses dos dois agentes envolvidos: a elite oligárquica paulista e a França. Para a implantação do Lyceu foi elaborado um estatuto, que é considerado fonte privilegiada para seu estudo, pois expõe o ideário de criação e como deveria ser a sua implantação. As atas e relatórios do Departamento Nacional do Ensino, relativos aos exames anuais, também se colocam como fontes privilegiadas que relatam escolha de disciplinas, quantidades de alunos e nomes de professores, possibilitando uma comparação com as determinações do estatuto. Os livros didáticos importados da França para os primeiros anos de funcionamento revelam, na análise de seu conteúdo, a ação da política cultural francesa. A pesquisa estudou o motivo de o Lyceu Franco-Brasileiro São Paulo em sua primeira década de funcionamento ter apresentado uma crise de modelo de escola francesa, que resultou na pouca quantidade de alunos matriculados