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CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
3. Evaluation
Written question:
What are you going to do during Easter holidays in terms of fighting against stigmatization and discrimination?
Write down the answer and tell it your neighbor. (After that exercise, students one by one read aloud what they promised to do during the vacation).
Examples:
- 1 will visit the HIV/AIDS in Butare's Hospital,
-1 promise to pray every day with my infected neighbor
- I shall teach the people who practice discrimination and stigmatization that it is bad because infected people are human beings that need our support to live longer with us.
- 1 am ready to give food and clothes to my neighbor, orphans of HIV/AIDS. I will ask my parents to help me to do so.
Teacher's conclusion
From now you are the workers for fighting against stigmatization and discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS.
Appendix C: Guide to interview with teachers
1. Do you enjoy teaching the HIV/AIDS education discourse?
A. Yes B. No
2. What do you think of the present national policy on HIV/AIDS?
3. What should the Ministry of Education do to stimulate teachers to improve the quality of HIV/AIDS education?
4. Do you encounter any problem in teaching HIV/AIDS ? A. Yes B. No
Give some examples (if there are).
5. What do you think about the secondary school HIV/AIDS curriculum in Kinyarwanda?
6. Do you see any advantages or disadvantages in teaching both the girls and boys in the same classroom when teaching HIV/AIDS?
7. HIV/AIDS teaching is an important issue but it is still often considered a taboo subject because of Rwandan culture. What do you do to improve your
communication with the students about the disease?
Appendix D: Questionnaire form for teachers
Dear Participant, (annexed to both teachers and students' questionnaires)
My name is Nyilimana Vedaste. I am a teacher at the Kigali Institute of Education (KIE) and currently an Education Masters Student at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
This year, as part of the course requirement each student has to submit a research study.
For this, I have undertaken to carry out an investigation in the area of HIV/AIDS education. The title of my thesis is "HIV/AIDS education in Butare-Ville Secondary Schools (Rwanda): Analyzing current pedagogic discourse using a Bernsteinan framework".
This would require you to answer a questionnaire. At this stage I will like to ensure all participants that the information provided will remain highly confidential throughout the study and will only be used purely for academic purposes. No identifying detail would be required.
Your cooperation and support will be much appreciated if you could assist me in my endeavor to complete my research.
Nyilimana Vedaste
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Questionnaire
School: Subject: Grade:
Experience in HIV/AIDS teaching:
Notice: By subject I mean the subject that you are tutor of and in which HIV/AIDS is incorporated. Grade is the level of schooling where that subject is offered.
1. Circle yes or no at your choice.
Do you support HIV/AIDS' integration in other school subjects?
A. Yes B. No
Why?
2. Circle your own perception on the HIV/AIDS program.
The Ministry's instruction on HIV/AIDS program is?
A. Very clear B. Clear C. Unclear 3. What are your needs from the Ministry of Education about HIV/AIDS program in
terms of:
a) Curriculum construction?
b) Pedagogical instructions?
3. Circle your feelings about HIV/AIDS teaching and its timetable and explain where necessary.
a) Your feelings about teaching HIV/AIDS education are:
A. very happy B. happy C. less happy D. unhappy
Why?
b) Have you been trained in HIV/AIDS education?
A. Yes B. No
c) Do you feel free to talk about sex when faced with mixed students (girls and boys?)
A. Yes B. No
Give a reason for your answer.
5. What methodological approach do you prefer in the classroom?
Why do you prefer that approach?
6 Do you often engage in discussions with your students in HIV/AIDS teaching/learning process?
A. Yes B. No
If yes, what advantages do you see in this approach?
If not, what disadvantages do you see in that approach?
7. Normally, HIV/AIDS is taught in French. Do you approve of this?
A. Yes B. No
What do you think about a curriculum in Kinyarwanda?
8. What are your needs in terms of material aids to improve your teaching in HIV/AIDS in the classrooms?
9. Do you often invite a guest speaker to the classroom?
A. Yes B. No
If no, do you encounter some barriers to invite them? Explain.
A. Yes B. No
10. In our opinion, how might HIV/AIDS education be most effectively taught in class situations?
Appendix E: Questionnaire form for students
(The requirement of participation is annexed to this questionnaire) Identification
School: Grade: Age: Gender:
Circle one answer according to your choice and explain where necessary.
1. a) Are you interested to learn about the HIV/AIDS pandemic at school?
A. Yes B. No
b) From where do you learn most about the disease?
A. Parents B. school C. peers D. mass media
2. HIV/AIDS education is integrated in some subjects that you learn. List the subjects in which you learnt about HIV/AIDS.
3. Do you always feel comfortable to learn all about the epidemic in a mixed class (Boys and girls together)?
A. Yes B. No Explain your choice.
4. a) In learning about HIV/AIDS, are students given enough opportunity to share their experiences in the classrooms?
A. Yes B. No b) If not, what do you suggest?
5. HIV/AIDS is often seen as a taboo. Describe some students' reactions when the teacher talks freely about sex in the classroom.