Jamaica

UWI Research Days Focus on Economic Growth Projects

Submitted by Althea on Feb 19, 2014 04:56 am

The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona will be using the three-day platform of Research Days 2014 to signal what it says is a shift in the focus of the annual event to now target projects which will impact Jamaica’s economic growth.

The 14-year-old event, which has moved from being a single day to a three-day affair, will run from February 19 to 21 and showcase the university’s research work across disciplines, under the theme ‘Fostering Growth and Development in Small Island Developing States Through Research’.

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UWI Goes Commercial

Submitted by Althea on Feb 19, 2014 04:50 am

University's move to produce cassava Flour will save Ja 1b anually

THE University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, says it has forged a partnership with Continental Baking Company Limited and the Government to produce cassava flour, saying that the move will save Jamaica billions of dollars over time.

Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Archibald McDonald said that the project will hopefully encourage investors to partner with the UWI on other ventures.

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Bridging the Divide: Teachers Being Trained to Match Tech-Savvy Students

Submitted by Althea on Feb 11, 2014 00:33 am

THE race is on in earnest to equip graduate teachers with the necessary skills in order to match increasingly tech-savvy students.

The intervention, one of several under the e-Learning Jamaica project, has seen lecturers being trained and given the mammoth task of being instructional technology leaders in their colleges to ensure that all graduate teachers leave with the skills and competencies required to effectively use the technology now in high schools.

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Technology Changing Teachers' Role

Submitted by Althea on Feb 11, 2014 00:28 am

TEACHERS who do not adapt to the demands of the new technology-driven classroom will become a relic of the past as much as textbooks, key educators are predicting. This as educational institutions, in moving with the times, ramp up the use of technology.

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Teacher Caution!: Educators Tell Legislators To Tread Carefully With Reform

Submitted by Althea on Feb 11, 2014 00:20 am

Senior educators are imploring public officials to tread cautiously in the debate on rationalising the way teacher education is delivered locally.

They argue that while changes to the system are inevitable, greater focus must be placed on the value these changes will have on the development of the education sector in the long run.

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Let’s Do the ‘Write’ Thing!: JCDC Promotes Creative Writing Competition

Submitted by Althea on Feb 9, 2014 17:16 pm

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Many Jamaicans write poetry, short stories, novels, songs, drama productions, picture stories, newspaper articles, and so much more, yet few of these pieces ever get beyond the rough draft, and are often discarded somewhere on a dusty bookshelf, or forgotten on some old electronic storage device.

Eager to make a difference, the nation's premier cultural entity, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), is calling on Jamaicans, young and old, to enter their creative pieces in the national Creative Writing Competition.

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Why Certify Teachers Who Can't Speak English?

Submitted by Althea on Jan 23, 2014 00:17 am

It is evident that there are many teachers at all levels - including those who specialised in English in teacher-training colleges - who can't write or speak English. It is no wonder we have students performing poorly in English at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) level and in other examinations, internally, regionally and internationally.

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Teaching with Technology Workshop

Submitted by Dian Bailey on Jan 10, 2014 17:46 pm

This one and half-day workshop is specifically geared to help faculty develop web-ready content, using existing tools. Participants will engage in creating blogs, developing podcasts, making highly interactive, learner-centred PowerPoint presentations:

Location

The University of the West Indies, Mona

Jamaica

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Please join the Caribbean Partners for Educational Progress (CoP) and Guest Moderator Mrs. Joan Ernandez for an EduExchange on gifted children. To join this discussion, click "Sign in to join the discussion" button to the right and sign in with your CoP account. Please email the Facilitator with any questions about registration or participation in the EduExchange.

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Welcome

Day 1 January 28, 2014 Defining Giftedness

Day 2 January 29, 2014 Identification of Giftedness

Day 3 January 30, 2014 Treatment of Giftedness

While many students develop at a pace that the education system expects and are adequately challenged by the planned curricula for their age group, there are those who exceed these expectations and earn recognition for advanced academic skills early. Cases such as 10 year old Gianluca Webster who earned a grade one in CSEC Human and Social biology and 12 year old Kutu Ra who passed 6 subjects at the CSEC level brings into sharp focus the case of the gifted child. During this EduExchange, we will examine the issue of giftedness with specific focus on the identification and education of gifted students within the regular school system.