BIENNIAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION
June 15-17, 2011
Theme: Making a Difference through Education:
Purpose, Policy and Practice
PROGRAMME
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15
8.00a.m – 10.00a.mRegistration
10.00 a.m Opening Ceremony
Keynote Speaker: Dr Didacus Jules
Registrar, Caribbean Examinations Council
Room: Main Ballroom
Chair: Professor Zellynne Jennings-Craig
Director,School of Education
11.15 a.m COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 1: 11.45 A.M. - 1.00P.M.
Panel 1: Curriculum, Culture and Change
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Making a difference in the lives of students: a closer look at the psycho social school environment in two education districts in Trinidad and Tobago
Dr George Gowrie/Mala Ramdass/Cheryl Bowrin/Gail Joseph/M. Harripaul
Finding the culture space in the education classroom
Dr Susan Herbert/Dr Phaedra Pierre
Beyond the classroom – an ethnographic study of students’ use of non-academic school spaces in two high schools in Western Jamaica
Sonia Marcia Graham
Panel 2 : Measurement and Assessment of Learning
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A critical pedagogy of alternative methods of the assessment of student achievement:the case of the University of the West Indies
Anthony Perry
Centering assessment for learning in the education system: towards a new pedagogy for the Caribbean
ProfessorStaffordGriffith
Jamaican public school trained teachers and teacher performance evaluation
Andrew Campbell
Using geographic information system (GIS) to understand spatial patterns in school choice and achievement –the Trinidad and Tobago Secondary Entrance Assessment
Shahiba Ali/Jerome De Lisle/PeterSmith
Panel 3: New Pathways to Teacher Education and Reform
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New pathways to teacher education and reform
Dr E. Clyde-Glasgow
Teacher professional development in Jamaica: 19the century to 21stcentury
Dr Dotlyn Minott
Narrative inquiry as a culturally relevant method for understanding Caribbean teachers’ experiences
Joyanne B.De Four-Babb/Makini Z. Beck
An exploration of the experiences of beginning to teach of some teachers in the Diploma in Education programme at the School of Education , UWI, St Augustine
Dr Samuel Lochan
Panel 4: Community Participation and Empowerment
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Empowering parents to enhance their children’s school performance: a Trinidad and Tobago pilot study
Professor June George/Freddy James/Madgerie Jameson/Veronica Williams/Maureen Ryan
The power of school-community partnerships: interventions to address absenteeism in Jamaican primary schools
Professor Zellynne Jennings-Craig/Susan Anderson/Loraine Cook/Disraeli Hutton
1.00p.m – 2.00p.mLUNCH
SESSION 2: 2.00 P.M. - 3.30 P.M.
WORKSHOPS
Panel 5: Teaching and Learning in a Digital Age
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Producing the learners of the 21st century university through blended learning
Mark-Shane Scale
Computer Assisted language learning (CALL) aids
Andre Coy
E-Learning, E-books and virtual reference service: the nexus between the library and education
Pauline Nicholas/Thelma White
Panel 6 : Transformational Leadership and Change
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Transforming the education system:a mandate for new leadership styles
Dr Carol Andrews-Redhead/Gomatee Ramnarine
Systemic or endemic? Is the maladaptive behaviour of our children symptomatic of the maladministration in our school system?
S. Barnes-Wilmot
Factrors affecting the financing of higher education: exploring the experiences of UWI and UTECH
Dr Disraeli Hutton
Panel 7 : Curriculum Culture and Change
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New frontiers for educational research and practice: generating ‘L1/L2 perspective ‘ theory to inform advanced level Spanish instruction
Moyia Rowtham Francis
Entrepreneurship education programmes and implementation: what Jamaica can learn from Chinese universities
Dr Peter Joong
3.30 – 3.45 p.m COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 3: 3.45 P.M. - 4. 45 P.M.
Panel 8: Creating New Spaces for Learning
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“Dead to the world and all its happenings”: the crisis in 21stcentury education and why drama is part of the solution
Brian S. Heap
Read it, Stage it, Watch it - Learning with attitude: an innovation in service learning student controlled assessment and new teacher-learner spaces
Dr Paulette Feraria/Sheena Johnson-Brown/Laveta Mead/Deborah Buchanan
Panel 9: Transformational Leadership for Change
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The practice of transformational leadership by principals
Dr Angela Penny/Dr Gloria Burke
Transformational leadership for change
Dr Canute Thompson
Panel 10: Curriculum, Culture and Change
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Socio-cultural barriers and borders to primary science teaching in Jamaica:Implications for cultural perspectives in science education
Nicola Lee-Platt/Dr Novelette McKnight/Dr Marcia Rainford
Changing institutional cultures through education for sustainable development
Dr Lorna Down/Dr. Marceline Collins-Figueroa/Dr. Carol Gentles
Panel 11: New Pathways to Teacher Education and Reform
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Concepts of professionalism among beginning teachers in Jamaica
Dr Mairette Newman/Dr Marceline Collins-Figueroa/Dr Lorna Down/ Dr Carol Gentles/Mrs Vileitha Davis-Morrison
Dimensons of Jamaican teachers’ efficacy
Dr Loraine Cook
COCKTAILS /CULTURAL EVENING - 7.30p.m. – 9.30p.m
THURSDAY, JUNE 16
SESSION 4: 9.00a.m. - 10.45 a.m.
Roundtable session
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Panel 12: Curriculum , Culture and Change
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An evaluative case study of the implementation of the grade 4 science curriculum in four primary science classrooms
Joan James/Dr Marcia Rainford
Determining the relevancy of Piaget’s conservation principle in the Jamaican context
Dr Loraine Cook/Dr Barbara Matalon
Teaching writing in the primary and secondary curriculum: a learner centred approach
Dr Jossett Lewis –Smikle
Panel 13: New Pathways to teacher education and reform
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Is anybody listening?Stakeholders’ perspectives on the in-service Diploma in Education programme at the UWI, St Augustine campus
Dr Susan Herbert
Graduate Students’ perceptions of a quality learning experience
Dr Carol Gentles
Reforming “the Foundations”: Building Community
Dr Jennifer Mohammed
Panel 14 : Measurement and Assessment of Learning
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Alternative assessment :peer assessment as a learning tool for education students at a university in Jamaica
Michael Lewis
Education of Caribbean immigrant students and the global interface: issues and ideas around learning and assessment
Janice Fournillier/June M. George/Cheryl A. McLean
Judging inequality in a national education: analyzing data from national and international assessments for Trinidad and Tobago (2006-2010)
Jerome de Lisle
10.45 a.m.– 11.00 a.m.COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 5: 11.00a.m. – 1.00p.m.
WORKSHOP
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Panel 15: Curriculum, Culture and Change
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The root causes of violence and aggression among certain school-aged children
Dr Susan Anderson
Education in emergencies:beating the odds for children at risk
Dr Gertrude Shotte
An investigation into the self esteem and social behaviours of deaf and hearing students
Winnifred Johnston
Panel 16: New Pathways to Teacher Education and Reform
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Student teachers’ use of project-based learning during teaching practice:possibilities and pitfalls
Dr Mairette Newman/Dr Lorna Down
Implementation of professional development school (PDS) model of teacher education programme in mathematics
Dr Peter Joong
Using the cognitive coaching approach for teacher professional development to empower primary school teachers and students for improved performance
Dr Enid McLymont/Debbie Devonish/Ingrid Bennett
Panel 17: Community Participation and Empowerment
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The journey back home: linking learning to community-theory, practice and research issues
Janice B.Fournillier/Joyce King/Jeff Morrison/Melissa Speight Vaughn
Community participation and empowerment
Dr E ClydeGlasgow
Helping hands not pointing fingers: a whole-school and community model for pro social behaviour in an empowered inner city high school
Medorah Doyley-Passley/Dahlia Neil-Johnson/Sadpha Bennett/Paulette Feraria
Panel 18: Creating new spaces for learning
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Creating new spaces for learning : fostering experiential and service learning education in a 9-12 school: journeys through the African American past
Dolapo Adeniji-Neil
Is Science Education losing its soul?
Dr Michael Ponnambalam
Transforming the higher education sector and improving student learning: changing approaches to university teaching
Dr Mervin Chisholm
Creating new spaces for learning: a phenomenological account of a contract grading experience
Dr Monica Taylor
1.00p.m. – 2.00p.m.LUNCH
SESSION 6: 2.00 P.M. - 3.30 P.M.
Roundtable session
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Panel 19: Teaching and Learning in a Digital Age
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Are we really thinking about instruction in a different way? Technology’s role in restructuring classrooms according to pre-service and in-service teachers at the University of Trinidad and Tobago
Leesha Roberts
An exploration of students’ experiences of learning in an online programme
Margaret Cain/Sharon Phillip-Peters
Panel 20: Transformational Leadership and Change
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Will technical and vocational education and training (TVET) guarantee economic development of Caribbean states?
Dr Halden Morris
Perceptions of graduates of an early childhood leadership training programme on its usefulness and relevance totheir jobs
Dr Rose Davies
Are we being served? Meeting the needs of the employers in the tourism industry
Madjerie Jameson
Panel 21: Curriculum Culture and Change
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Dolls and dungarees:language, literacy and gender in Barbados
Tennisha Morris
Perceptions of students and teachers in mathematics education reforms in Canada,China,Taiwan, and Jamaica
Dr Peter Joong
Students’ attitude toward Creole
Phillip Clarke
Panel 22: New Pathways to Teacher Education and Reform
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Data driven decision making : a case study of an Early Childhood Care and Education Centre and a primary school in Trinidad
Rhoda Mohammed/Alicia Gayah-Batchasingh/Sabeera Abdul-Majied/Jerome DeLisle
Relevance of study skills, attitudes and behaviours to improve students’ learning outcomes: results of LASSI learning and study strategies inventory
Dr George Dawkins
Freeing teachers to teach: assessing the impact of timeempowerment on the teachers’ selfhood and emotion regulation
Dr Rose Johnson/Dr. Keisha A. Mitchell
3.30p.m. – 3.45p.m.COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 7: 3.45 P.M. - 4. 45 P.M.
Panel 23: Curriculum, Culture and Change
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Children at risk: supplying and sustaining education in the context of HIV/AIDS
Dr Paul Miller
Towards the development of a curriculum which encompasses interpersonal relationship skills training for teachers: an intervention
Pamela Amun
Panel 24: Measurement and Assessment of Learning
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Evaluating the continuous assessment programme (CAP) in Trinidad and Tobago: insight and challenges using programme theory and mixed methods
Jerome de Lisle
An anlysis of high attaining black students: factors and conditions that affect their attainment levels
Dr Carol Tomlin
Panel 25 : New Pathways to Teacher Education and Reform
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Rethinking teacher education: the way forward in achieving teacher quality
Dr Carmel Roofe
Engaging students in the education process by creating a path to success
Dr Cecilia Hegamin-Younger
Panel 26: Perspectives on Educational Issues
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An academic opportunity structure in the Eastern Caribbean
Dr Ian Lubin
I’d rather teach my neighbour’s children:Jamaican teachers in the Bahamas
Andrew Campbell
BANQUET - 7.00 p.m. – 9.30p.m.
FRIDAY , JUNE 17
SESSION 8: 9.00 A.M. –10.45 A.M.
Panel 27: Curriculum, Culture and Change
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A spotlight on social competence development: teaching strategies and classroom experiences provided for young children in Trinidad
Dr Sabeerah Abdul-Majied
Creating new spaces for learning in science: a language perspective
Iris Hewitt-Bradshaw
Factors that influence student satisfaction with distance education in the B.Ed Secondary(Distance) project
Barbara Foster
Panel 28: Measurement and Assessment of Learning
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Assessment for learning practices shared between Jamaican and English teachers – can it work?
Dr Deb Heighes/Dr Marcia Rainford
Secondary School entrance examinations in the Caribbean: legacy, policy and practices in an era of seamless education
Jerome de Lisle
The formative use of selected assessment strategies and their effects on the teaching-learning of advanced level biology
Dr Sharon Bramwell-Lalor/Dr Marcia Rainford
Panel 29: Perspectives on Educational Issues
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A curriculum for improving the effectiveness of regional graduate study groups in Jamaica
Nicole Manzard
Bun or firebun? Wily women, survival slackness and a possible wily survival strategy for reading
Dr Kim Robinson-Walcott
Schizophrenia –student-lecturer or lecturer-student?
S. Otway Charles
Panel 30: Teaching and Learning in a Digital Age
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Improving the value from ICTs in Jamaican schools
Ricardo Anderson
One laptop per child pilot project in Jamaica- initial observations
Arlene Bailey
10.45 a.m. - 11.00a.m.COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 9: 11.00 A.M. - 1.00 P.M.
CLOSING PLENARY
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Key Points from Rapporteurs
What difference have we made through education?
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