Closing the HIV and AIDS "Information Gap" between Children and Parents: An Exploration of Makerspaces in a Ugandan Primary School

Autor/inn/en	Kendrick, Maureen; Namazzi, Elizabeth; Becker-Zayas, Ava; Tibwamulala, Esther Nancy
Titel	Closing the HIV and AIDS "Information Gap" between Children and Parents: An Exploration of Makerspaces in a Ugandan Primary School
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 10 (2020), Artikel 193 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Foreign Countries; Information Sources; Visual Aids; Parent Child Relationship; Multiple Literacies; Grade 5; Elementary School Students; Knowledge Level; Exhibits; Audiences; Parent Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Family Relationship; Art Materials; Health Education; Art Products; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Information source; Informationsquelle; Anschauungsmaterial; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Wissensbasis; Spectator; Zuschauer; Elternverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Künstlerische Produktion
Abstract	In this study, we address the research question: "How might child-created billboards about HIV and AIDS help facilitate more open discussions between parents and children?" The premise of our study is that there may be considerable potential for using multimodal forms of representation in makerspaces with young children to create more open dialogue with parents about culturally sensitive information. Drawing on multimodal literacies and visual methodologies, we designed a makerspace in a grade 5 classroom (with students aged 9-10) in a Ugandan residential primary school. Our makerspace included soliciting students' knowledge about HIV and AIDS as part of a class discussion focused on billboards in the local community and providing art materials for students to explore their understandings of HIV and AIDS through the creation of billboards as public service announcements. Parents were engaged in the work as audience members during a public exhibition at the school. Data sources include the billboards as artifacts, observations within the makerspace, and interviews with parents and children following the public exhibition. The findings show that, for parents and children, the billboards enhanced communication; new understandings about HIV and AIDS were gained; and real-life concerns about HIV and AIDS were made more visible. Although these more open conversations may depend to some degree on family relationships more broadly, we see great potential for makerspaces to serve as a starting point for closing the HIV and AIDS information gap between children and parents. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01