How Much Do Future Teachers Know About AIDS?

Wu, Yow-Wu B.; Adams, Julius Gregg; Scherer, Yvonne K.

doi:10.1080/01626620.1990.10734398

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“…Ideally, a supportive school climate for students with HIVIAIDS requires teachers informed about a full range of topics, including the prevention and transmission of HIVIAIDS, drug abuse prevention and treatment, death and dying issues, laws governing confidentiality, skills to establish relationships with children with HIV/AIDS, and health precautions for the safety and well-being of the HIV infected child (Beverly, 1995;Beverly & Thomas, 1997;Johnson, 1993;Prater, Serna, Sileo, & Katz, 1995;Wadsworth & Knight, 1996;Wu, Adams, & Scherer, 1990). Additionally, to implement programs for students with HIV/AIDS in a least restrictive educational environment, teachers should understand their roles and responsibilities in the individualized educational plan for these students for accommodating the children's developmental status and compromised health (Kelker, Hecimovic, & LeRoy, 1994;Seidel, 1992;Wolters, Brouwers, & Moss, 1995).…”

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“…Other researchers report that teachers in preparation did not receive formal education about AIDS, nor about understanding and serving a child with AIDS in the classroom (Ballard, White, & Glascoff, 1990;Wu, Adams, & Scherer, 1990). Foley and Kittleson (1993) surveyed special educators and concluded that they have limited knowledge of the modes of transmission for HIV.…”

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) Content in Introduction to Exceptionalities Textbooks

Foulk

Gessner

Koorland

2001

Action in Teacher Education

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AbstraczIncreasingly, children and youth with HIV/AIDS develop characteristics that will require special education and related services. Subsequently, special education teacher preparation programs, in order to remain current, must respond to this new need. The purpose of this study is to examine current textbooks typically used in introductory courses for teachers preparing to work with students with disabilities, and determine the quantitative extent of HIV/AIDS content. Eleven textbooks were reviewed for inclusion of any offive HMAIDS content categories. The five categories comprised Individualized Education Plans (IEP) and program planning; skills for relating to children with HIV/AIDS; the prevention and transmission of HIV/AIDS; drug abuse prevention: and prevalence and background information about HWAIDS. Only three of 11 texts addressed all categories. Implications for exceptional student teacher preparation about HIMAIDS are discussed.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) Content in Introduction to Exceptionalities Textbooks

Foulk

Gessner

Koorland

2001

Action in Teacher Education

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“…Studies of. teachers' knowledge base about HIV and AIDS suggest that many misconceptions exist (Kerr, Allensworth, & Gayle, 1989;Wu, Adams, & Scherer, 1990;Foley & Kittleson, 1994). In all three of the studies, misunderstandings were cited regarding transmission; as many as 50% believed saliva from spitting and biting were modes of transmission when this is not the case.…”

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Meeting the challenge of HIV and AIDS in the classroom

Wadsworth

Knight

1996

Early Childhood Educ J

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Contemporary early childhood teachers are facing new challenges as children who test HIV positive or who have AIDS enter the classroom. Providing appropriate health care and educational programs for these children is a major concern of teachers. This article presents a brief discussion of guidelines and issues that might be addressed in an in-service for teachers in general education to prepare them for a student with HIV or AIDS in their classrooms.

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“…Overall, participants in this study reported that they were quite fearful of AIDS. Wu, Adams, and Scherer (1990) surveyed students in an undergraduate teacher education program at a rural state college regarding their knowledge of an attitude toward AIDS. The results of the survey indicated that the majority of the students had limited knowledge about AIDS.…”

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AIDS: Special Educators' Knowledge and Attitudes

Evans

Melville²,

Cass

1992

Teacher Education and Special Education: The Journal of the Tea

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The purpose of this study was to examine special edueators' attitudes toward and knowledge of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and to determine what combination of variables best predicted special educators' willingness to educate children who are HIV positive or who have AIDS. Factor analysis of the attitude scores of the AIDS survey revealed five factors (integration/segregation, knowledge, willingness to educate, testing, privacy) that accounted for 67% of the variance. Integrationlsegregation and knowledge scores were entered in a multiple regression model where willingness to educate was used as a criterion variable. Only one variable, integrationlsegregation, was significantly predictive of willingness to educate. Descriptive data indicated special educators were willing to educate cbildren with HIV/NDS and were knowledgeable about HIV/NDS. Implications for teacher education are included.

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How Much Do Future Teachers Know About AIDS?

Cited by 9 publications

References 8 publications

Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) Content in Introduction to Exceptionalities Textbooks

Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) Content in Introduction to Exceptionalities Textbooks

Meeting the challenge of HIV and AIDS in the classroom

AIDS: Special Educators' Knowledge and Attitudes

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