SALISES (UWI) presents a seminar on Education for Social and Economic Development

As Jamaica prepares to celebrate 50 years of nationhood, the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) is spearheading a programme of research reflecting on the past  fifty years and providing possible directions  for the next fifty (Fifty Fifty).  Education is included among the sectors for the in-depth analysis with the objective of determining its achievements, challenges and future prospects.  As an important part of the public conversation, SALISES  will be hosting New York University Steinhardt Professor Pedro Noguera who has been intimately involved in research and  activism aimed at improving innner city schools and communities, particularly in North America.  He will be speaking on "Education for Social and Economic Development: Toward a More Equitable and Just Jamaica in the 21st Century" on Thursday January 19th, 2012 at 1:p.m. to 5:p.m. at the Faculty of Law Lecture Room 2, University of the West Indies, Mona.Professor Noguera has published extensively on educational reform and has been actively involved in efforts to improve schools on both East and West Coasts in the United States.The seminar is part of an on-going series of SALISES’ Fifty Fifty conferences leading up to its major conference in August 2012. This series of conferences is being organized around research themes to assess the 50 years of post-Independence experience of development in all spheres of Jamaican life, as well as other parts of the Caribbean.The seminar seeks participation from students, teachers and practitioners in the education system, the business community, organized labour, civil society organization and the general public.