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behaviour change high school learners role play visual methodology
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Taylor, M., Dlamini, N., Khanyile, Z., & Mpanza, L. (2012). Exploring the use of role play in a school-based programme to reduce teenage pregnancy. South African Journal of Education, 32(4), 441–448. https://doi.org/10.15700/saje.v32n4a663
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Exploring the use of role play in a school-based programme to reduce teenage pregnancy
Abstract
Can the use of a method such as role play help reduce sexual risk behaviour among KwaZulu-Natal learners? A study was undertaken of the use of role plays by Grade 8 learners, at eight urban and rural KwaZulu-Natal high schools, as part of a programme to reduce the prevalence of teenage pregnancy. Within the framework of Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory, learners participated in role plays covering five topics – choice, self-respect and emotional abuse; partner coercion/negotiation about having sex; visiting the clinic for contraception; perceived and purchasing value of the child support grant; and testing for HIV. We report on the organisation, implementation and evaluation of the role plays. Data from facilitators, educators and learners were triangulated and suggest that role play has potential for building self-efficacy among learners with respect to sexual behaviour.
