The School of Education at UWI, Mona presents the Quality Inquiry in the Caribbean Conference on October 30-31, 2009 at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge and Conference Centre and Neville Hall Lecture Theatre (N1) respectively. The Conference is themed, “Qualitative Research for Caribbean Development and will feature keynote addresses by Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Madison, Professor Frances Stage, New York City University and from UWI, Mona, Professor Aggrey Brown and Professor Barry Chevannes.

The Conference will include presentations which highlight the sub themes of connecting research to practice, application of research to contemporary issues and using qualitative research to build bridges between disciplines through diverse topics such as media portrayal, self image, performance in education, and employment relations. There will also be four workshops addressing: Critical Ethnography, Data Analysis of Qualitative Research, Mixed Methods and Autoethnography.

There is also a pre-conference session on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at the Multifunctional Room, Main Library which will explore Creole and Critical Inquiry: Qualitative or Quantitative.

Registration fee for the conference is US $100 for two days, students with ID US $55. The daily rate is US $55.  Interested persons may telephone 927-0221. For more information visit the website at http://ocs.mona.uwi.edu/ocs/index.php/qic/qic.