M.Ed. (Psychology of Education) / This study was conducted with standard five children on the East Rand. The aim with this project was to evaluate the knowledge of the children on AIDS and to see whether the information they received was in fact correct. The following questions were asked: what do children really know about AIDS? is the information they receive, correct? where do children get their information from? what more do they want to know about AIDS? The aim of this study was to give reliable answers to these questions. The respondents were five hundred standard five children from five schools. The respondents were asked to complete a questionnaire consisting of fifteen questions. The results of the empirical research show that children have a lot of questions regarding AIDS and they need good guidance. Based on this fact one can recommend that the inclusion of more guidance regarding AIDS in the school curriculum should seriously be considered. The following specific findings have been made: No significant relationships has been found between sex and their knowledge of AIDS. Children know that AIDS is a deadly virus disease. There is much confusion of how one can contract AIDS. It could be that the children did not get the right information. Many of the respondents were of the opinion that AIDS could soon be cured and that it is not as serious as it is made out to be. Children are not sure whether one could get AIDS from having sex with different people...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:12844 |
| Date | 17 November 2014 |
| Creators | Pelser, Hendrik Johannes Martin |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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