The handbook on Caribbean education
Record details
- ISBN: 9781648024108
- ISBN: 9781648024092
- ISBN: 9781648024115
- ISBN: 1648024114
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxiii, 566 pages)
remote
Computer data. - Publisher: Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2021]
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString.july.24 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / Kofi Lomotey -- Introduction. Caribbean Education as a Portal to the Future / Eleanor J. Blair -- Section I . Teaching and Leading in the Caribbean -- Emigration of Education : The Dominican Republic's Fleeting Education System / Jatnna Acosta -- Comparing Teacher Professional Development Initiatives in Three Caribbean Countries : Implications for Leaders / Charmaine Bissessar -- The Work and Professional Identity of Caribbean Teacher Educators / Carol Hordatt Gentles -- Enacting Collaborative Teacher Action Research as Professional Development in the Bahamas / Gertrude Tinker Sachs -- Accountability in Schools in Jamaica as a Mode of Colonization : Threats to Teachers' Autonomy and Students' Creativity / Shalene Chung Thomas, Carmel Roofe, Lovette Bailey, and Tian Bennett-O'Meally -- Section II . Learners and Learning in Caribbean Education -- Community of Learners : Using a Needs-Based Alternative Education Model to Support the Socioemotional and Academic Needs of Adolescents on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica / Minkie O. English and Rozanne Dioso-Lopez -- Counterintuitive Gender Differences in Academic Achievement Across Socioecological Contexts Among Adolescents From Trinidad and Tobago / Nadia Jessop -- Examining Early Childhood Development in the Caribbean : Working Toward Regional Improvement / Zoyah Kinkead-Clark -- Bridging Cultures Between Jamaican Immigrants' Home and U.S -- Schools : A Study on Jamaican Immigrants' Childrearing Values / Stephaney S. Morrison and Janee Steele -- The Interface of Educational Systems and the Media : Framings of Male Underachievement in Jamaica Between 2002 and 2012 / Oral Robinson and Sheria Myrie -- Section III . Culture and Caribbean Education -- Parent Involvement in Schools : Barriers Parents Face Within the Bahamian Community / Anica Bowe and Chenson L. Johnson -- Shifting Paradigms : Exploring Cultural Practices as Local Knowledge Systems Trinidad and Tobago / Isabel Dennis -- School Counseling in Barbados : An Ethnographic Study of the Roles, Practices, Challenges, and Demands / Dominiqua M. Griffin and Julia Bryan -- "Until You Too Have Journeyed" : Empowering Teachers Through a Cross-Cultural Online Collaborative Learning Space / Aisha Spencer and Jacqueline Darvin -- Weak State, Strong Diaspora : A Case Study on Education in Jamaica / Giselle Thompson -- Section IV . Stem and Caribbean Education -- Small Island Sustainability Education : Engaging Youth in Research and Education Practices for Building Sustainable Futures / Jennifer D. Adams, Sophia Perdikaris, and Rebecca Boger -- Culturally Relevant Pedagogy : An Exploration of "Bridge-Building" in the Science Classroom / Susan Herbert -- Addressing the Stem Gender Gap in Trinidad and Tobago / Stella Jackman-Ryan -- All Means All : An Inclusive Educational Model for Panama to Address the Need for STEM and Literacy / Beverly A. King Miller -- Advancing STEM Education Reform in Jamaica : Recursive Approaches to Culturally- and Contextually-Relevant Curricula Design / Theila S. Smith, Christina Siry, Jennifer D. Adams, Saran Stewart, and Pauline Watson-Campbell -- Section V . Twenty-First Century Issues in Caribbean Education -- The Education Leader in the 21st Century Caribbean-Based Online Learning Environment / Aleshia V. A. Allert -- Tertiary-Level Education in the Cayman Islands : Challenges and Opportunities / Byron Coon, Stacy R. McAfee, and William P. Schonberg -- Dismantling Neoliberalism : Strategies Deployed by Educational Leaders in Haiti for Individual Success and Public Gain / Lucas Endicott -- Constructing Regional Citizen/Ship in an Era of Mature Regionalism : A Vision of 21st-Century Caribbean Education / Tavis D. Jules and Richard Arnold -- Toward a Caribbean Perspective of Global Citizenship Education : A Comparative Analysis of Education Students' Reflexive Perspectives of Global Citizenship / Gary W. J. Pluim and Saran Stewart -- Core Language Implications in Caribbean Countries and the Global Dynamic / Keisha McIntyre-McCullough, Reishma A. Seupersad, and Nicole Warmington-Granston -- Conclusion. Caribbean Education : A Future of Possibilities / Kenneth Williams. |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by EBSCO. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 10, 2021). |