HIV & AIDS in Schools: The Political Economy of Pressure Groups & Miseducation
HIV & AIDS in Schools: The Political Economy of Pressure Groups & Miseducation
By Barrie Craven, Pauline Dixon, Gordon Stewart, James Tooley,
Publisher: Inst of Economic Affairs
Number Of Pages: 99
Publication Date: 2001-12
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ISBN / ASIN: 0255365225
EAN: 9780255365222
Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
HIV & Aids teaching is compulsory in British Schools but the content is never prescribed. Should teaching in such a difficult field, where there are disputes among experts, be left into secondary school teachers with no specialist knowledge? And is it right that the subject should be compulsory?
These awkward issues are confronted in this controversial paper which examines the materials being used by schools in HIV/AIDS teaching & how teachers are approaching the subject. The authors conclude that, because material provided by pressure groups, teachers are exaggerating the Aids problem & failing into stress the extent into which the risk of infection depends on behaviour. Rent-seeking by vested interests results in a serious distortion of the views presented into children.
The authors consider the extent of the Aids problem in Africa, as well as in Britain, pointing out anomalies in the data which lead into doubts about the conventional wisdom. Their conclusion about Britain is that HIV/AIDS teaching should no longer be compulsory. Either the law should be repealed or schools should simply drop the subject. mihd
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