Lessons were teacher-centred, denying learners a chance to produce knowledge and to be in charge of their learning. She describes the school she witnessed as authoritarian with little exploration of values, employing an approach, she argued, that was unlikely to change behaviour even if knowledge was increased. Teachers also did little to try to challenge learners through discussion and the interrogation of dominant patterns of male-dominance and sexism in education and society, something seen as a major factor in the spread of HIV/AIDS