Reconceptualising the child within the family and the school : an investigation into how Zimbabwean children orphaned by AIDS negotiate their personal identities within a stigmatising society

This study attempts to answer the question about how AIDS orphaned children in a selected context in Zimbabwe construct their concept of self as members of their changed and recomposing families, and as members of their school and their community. An important point of departure for this study is acknowledging and working with the real presence of deeply embedded social understanding, often caricatured as myths and misconceptions by educated people, about AIDS in these schools and communities, which have the consequence often of stigmatizing the child-orphans. In developing the rationale for this type of research, it is suggested that the main significance of this exercise lies in attempting to re-think the concepts of home and school in the face of HIV/AIDS and how the pandemic impacts on orphaned children in terms of how they construct their concept of 'self' .

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

School of Education

Year dc:date.issued

2007

Author dc:creator

• Kwenda, Chiwimbiso Mebie

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Soudien, Crain
• Baxen, Jean

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8218

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8218