Includes bibliographical references. / This dissertation examines the interface between pre-service teachers' HIV/AIDSknowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy, and their intentions to teach HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy. It is located within the models of teacher education which provides a conceptual framework to analyse HIV/AIDS pre-service teacher education. This study was conducted at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology's Faculty of Education which prepares pre-service teachers for primary school and high school teaching. It involved 68 first year foundation phase pre-service teachers in 2003. With the use of a qualitatively - based vignette probe, the pre-service teachers' intentions to teach HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy was investigated. The same pre-service teachers' were assessed for their levels of HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes towards people with HIV/AIDS, and their self-efficacy with regard to reducing their own risk of HIV/AIDS infection, using a quantitatively based comprehensive questionnaire probe. The overall findings of the study revealed that the interface between the pre-service teacher's HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy, and their intentions to teach HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy was inconsistent. The results highlighted the need for a constructivist model for HIV/AIDS pre-service teacher education which will develop pre-service teachers' HIV/AIDS subject matter expertise and their professional dexterity to critically assess and implement school - based HIV/AIDS curricula in an HIV/AIDS context of teaching.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/7808 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Alexander, Joy |
| Contributors | Rochford, Kevin |
| Publisher | University of Cape Town, Faculty of Humanities, School of Education |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master Thesis, Masters, MEd |
| Format | application/pdf |
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