Supporting Lesotho teachers to develop resilience in the face of the HIV and AIDS pandemic

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• 作者：Lesley Wood^a ; ^{lesley.wood@nmmu.ac.za} ; Grace Makeletso Ntaote^b ; ¹ ; ^{makeletsontaote@yahoo.co.uk} ; Linda Theron^c ; ^{linda.theron@nwu.ax.za}
• 关键词：Drawing ; HIV and AIDS ; Lesotho ; Orphans and children rendered vulnerable by HIV and AIDS ; Teacher education ; Teacher resilience ; Visual methodologies
• 刊名：Teaching and Teacher Education
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：April 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：28
• 期：3
• 页码：428-439
• 全文大小：1333 K

文摘

HIV and AIDS threaten to erode the wellbeing of teachers who are faced with an increasing number of children rendered vulnerable by the pandemic. This article explores the usefulness of a supportive group intervention, Resilient Educators (REds), in supporting Lesotho teachers to respond to the HIV and AIDS-related challenges. A time-series pre- and post-intervention design was used to evaluate the programme. The findings indicate that the intervention led to an increase in the sense of agency of participating teachers both on a personal and community level. The findings have international significance for teachers working in similar contexts characterised by extreme adversity.