Visual learning approaches to HIV/AIDS education

dc.contributor.authorWienand, Annabelle
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-10T09:34:31Z
dc.date.available2016-05-10T09:34:31Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.updated2016-05-10T09:33:30Z
dc.description.abstractEducation is one of the cornerstones to any successful campaign to address the spread and impact of the AIDS epidemic. This is particularly relevant in SubSaharan Africa where HIV prevalence is highest in the world and resources are limited. Education is often associated with prevention messages focusing on ways of reducing the spread of the virus. Based on the argument that increased knowledge of HIV results in a reduction in stigma and increased Voluntary Counselling and Testing, this paper focuses on education that aims to increase biomedical knowledge about HIV/AIDS. This paper assesses a participatory workshop used to train HIV/AIDS educators and suggests that participatory approaches to HIV/AIDS education, such as drawing, role play, collage and other art-based activities, are powerful tools that engage participants and result in better understanding of the biology of HIV/AIDS, as well as larger social issues. The use of a Visual Body Map was central to the workshop and learning experience. A Visual Body Map is an educational tool and visual representation of the human body including each system in the body. Therefore this study also evaluates the efficacy of the Visual Body Map as an educational tool with the view to suggesting that visual learning is a highly effective approach to HIV/AIDS education, especially in contexts where formal schooling and literacy are limited.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWienand, A. (2007). <i>Visual learning approaches to HIV/AIDS education</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19546en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWienand, Annabelle <i>Visual learning approaches to HIV/AIDS education.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19546en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWienand, A. (2007). Visual learning approaches to HIV/AIDS education. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Townen_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper AU - Wienand, Annabelle AB - Education is one of the cornerstones to any successful campaign to address the spread and impact of the AIDS epidemic. This is particularly relevant in SubSaharan Africa where HIV prevalence is highest in the world and resources are limited. Education is often associated with prevention messages focusing on ways of reducing the spread of the virus. Based on the argument that increased knowledge of HIV results in a reduction in stigma and increased Voluntary Counselling and Testing, this paper focuses on education that aims to increase biomedical knowledge about HIV/AIDS. This paper assesses a participatory workshop used to train HIV/AIDS educators and suggests that participatory approaches to HIV/AIDS education, such as drawing, role play, collage and other art-based activities, are powerful tools that engage participants and result in better understanding of the biology of HIV/AIDS, as well as larger social issues. The use of a Visual Body Map was central to the workshop and learning experience. A Visual Body Map is an educational tool and visual representation of the human body including each system in the body. Therefore this study also evaluates the efficacy of the Visual Body Map as an educational tool with the view to suggesting that visual learning is a highly effective approach to HIV/AIDS education, especially in contexts where formal schooling and literacy are limited. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Centre for Social Science Research LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Visual learning approaches to HIV/AIDS education TI - Visual learning approaches to HIV/AIDS education UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19546 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWienand A. Visual learning approaches to HIV/AIDS education. 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19546en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Social Science Research(CSSR)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)*
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dc.sourceCentre for Social Science Research
dc.source.urihttp://www.cssr.uct.ac.za
dc.subject.otherVisual learning approaches
dc.subject.otherHIV/AIDS education
dc.titleVisual learning approaches to HIV/AIDS educationen_ZA
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