‘Breaking out of the cocoon’: academics’ experiences of integrating HIV and AIDS into the curriculum
The South African Higher Education Policy Framework on HIV and AIDS tasks universities to address HIV and AIDS in teaching, research and community engagement. In a global economy, integration in academic disciplines is a cost-effective method, simultaneously allowing for multiple perspectives of en...
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University of the Free State
2013-08-01
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The South African Higher Education Policy Framework on HIV and AIDS tasks universities to address HIV and AIDS in teaching, research and community engagement. In a global economy, integration in academic disciplines is a cost-effective method, simultaneously allowing for multiple perspectives of engaging with the epidemic. This study uses a qualitative approach to explore the sharing experiences of academics who integrate HIV and AIDS issues into the curriculum. Academics from three South African higher education institutions were interviewed. Three themes emerged from an analysis of their experiences: to share or not to share; how academics view integration in terms of their role as an academic, and who is integrating what. The findings indicate that academics are taking up the challenge, but that they require collegial support.
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff2dcdf586c641a4b63593d478baa68e2024-03-07T11:11:00ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Academica0587-24052415-04792013-08-01453‘Breaking out of the cocoon’: academics’ experiences of integrating HIV and AIDS into the curriculumLinda van Laren0Naydene de Lange1Pius Tanga2University of KwaZulu-NatalNelson Mandela Metropolitan UniversityUniversity of Fort Hare The South African Higher Education Policy Framework on HIV and AIDS tasks universities to address HIV and AIDS in teaching, research and community engagement. In a global economy, integration in academic disciplines is a cost-effective method, simultaneously allowing for multiple perspectives of engaging with the epidemic. This study uses a qualitative approach to explore the sharing experiences of academics who integrate HIV and AIDS issues into the curriculum. Academics from three South African higher education institutions were interviewed. Three themes emerged from an analysis of their experiences: to share or not to share; how academics view integration in terms of their role as an academic, and who is integrating what. The findings indicate that academics are taking up the challenge, but that they require collegial support. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/1416 |
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| title_short | ‘Breaking out of the cocoon’: academics’ experiences of integrating HIV and AIDS into the curriculum |
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