Teacher Training: Essential for School-Based Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Education

This 30-page Youth Issues Paper examines the importance of teacher training, the limited evidence in the field, elements of teacher training curricula, teacher selection issues, and issues in Africa including teacher training projects in four countries.

"The first two chapters put teacher training in the context of school-based RH/HIV education and summarize the limited research available on the topic. The paper then focuses on the African context, identifying particular challenges (Chapter 3) and summarizing teacher training projects in Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe (Chapter 4). The next two chapters assess two key aspects ofthe topic: the selection of teachers and the elements of a teacher training curriculum. The closing chapter presents summary observations and conclusions."

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1. Teachers Play Critical Role
Chapter 2. Teacher Training - Evidence and Impact
Chapter 3. African Setting Poses Challenges
Chapter 4. Teacher Training Projects in Africa
Chapter 5. Teacher Selection
Chapter 6. Assessing Teacher Training Curricula
Chapter 7. Observations and Conclusions
References

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