Andrews, I.,
M. Brown, and P. Grimmett. 2000. Jamaica Primary
Education Support Project (JA-0059)—Teacher Preparation
and Professional Development Quality Sub-component
In its plans to implement a newly revised curriculum into
all primary schools in Jamaica, the Ministry of Education
and Culture (MOEC) anticipated a number of problems within
the education system. A 7-person Teacher Preparation and
Professional Development (TPPD) quality sub-component
Team was appointed to identify potential problems in teacher
preparation and professional development and make recommendations.
The team found that
· The connection between the teachers colleges
and curriculum planners in the MOEC needed to be strengthened.
· In the colleges lecturers utilized a narrow
pedagogical approach based primarily on lecturing and
there was an overemphasis on factual content at the
expense of educational issues.
The team concluded that the appropriate training of
teachers, including beginning teachers, is one of the
best ways to ensure that the desired project outcomes
are achieved and sustained.
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