Teaching AIDS begins with a discussion of how teachers can create an environment of support for an AIDS education programme. Recognizing that AIDS education must differ for students of different age groups, the author presents tailored, age-appropriate content - what and how teachers should communicate AIDS information to young children, older children and teenage students.Teaching AIDS also addresses actual methods teachers can use to influence their students' attitudes and behaviour by helping them to recognize problem situations in which risks might arise, and presenting them with the actual skills they need to protect themselves in such situations.

In the face of the increasing impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Namibia, much has been done within the educational sector to work towards mitigating the growing infection rate. The LifeSkills course has been developed and implemented in order to educate youth in the public school system about the virus and equip them with the necessary psycho-social skills to assist in reducing the risk of becoming infected. Research literature, however, indicates that teachers are reluctant to teach the course. In this study, research was undertaken to understand the knowledge, attitudes, and concerns of the University of Namibia's third year Bachelor of Education students about the teaching of HIV and, in particular, the LifeSkills course. Findings indicate a gap in knowledge about HIV-related issues and the LifeSkills course, in particular. Moreover, many students indicated reluctance and a lack of self-efficacy to properly implement HIV education.

This book explores the power of educators to serve as HIV and AIDS prevention agents. The definitive text represents the work of a distinguished panel of teacher educators and health scientists who identify core information and skills effective educators of HIV and AIDS prevention should learn as they are prepared to attend to the academic and human needs of students. It assigns to teachers, in the US and abroad, the novel role of prevention agents, given their extraordinary ability to access and affect young people -- to influence their behavior. Humanizing Pedagogy considers the social, economic, racial, gender and other variables that impact the prevention of HIV and AIDS. The authors collectively assert that the process of preventing HIV and AIDS, when it considers historic and social context, can compel educators to serve not only as practitioners of knowledge, but as community agents of health and well being. Attending to HIV and AIDS issues advances the capacity and ability of educators to see and attend to the complete learner. Humanizing Pedagogy is a single volume resource for educators, in the US and abroad, interested in attending to the whole needs of the learner-and saving lives.

This study examines changes in pre-service teachers' knowledge, attitudes, and educational intent to implement HIV/AIDS class-room curriculum and universal precautions after participating in HIV/AIDS in-service training. Valuable pre-service teacher training information was obtained as questionnaire responses were recorded prior to and as a result of an in-service program for pre-service student teachers at a U.S.-Mexico border university.