Researching student identities and addressing AIDS in Botswana and Zimbabwe institutions of higher learning
The AIDS pandemic in southern Africa has made the development of sex educational programmes a matter of urgency. These should not be aimed simply at school children but students in the tertiary sector as well. Sex/AIDS education must be informed, I contend, by qualitative research on student identities, and should encourage students to reflect upon themselves and the gendered identities they inhabit in their everyday lives. In this paper I try to demonstrate the kind of qualitative research I have in mind by reporting on interview based research I conducted on student cultures at the University of Botswana. I argue that popular ways of constructing and categorising men and women students may facilitate the spread of HIV/AIDS. I conclude by discussing appropriate sex educational strategies and activities aimed at encouraging critical self reflection.
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Pula : Botswana Journal of African Studies
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- Date Published
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2001
- Authors
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Pattman, Rob
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Articles
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English
- Pages
- Pages 211-223
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Pula. Vol. 15 No. 2 (2001)
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- 0256-2316
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