Perspectives on Education in the Caribbean
The 2003 issue of the Institute of Education Annual 'Perspectives on Education in the Caribbean', edited by Ruby King and Halden Morris, is now available at the Institute's Publications Unit, middle floor of the School of Education building. The cost is $300 each. The Annual is divided into four parts: The first, Viewpoint, is the text of a presentation, Challenges Facing the OECS Education Sector: The Case of St. Kitts and Nevis, made by Timothy Harris, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Education in St. Kitts and Nevis at the Mona Campus in 2003. Part 2, Information Technology in Education, is an article called Critical Ingredients for Integrating Information Technology into the Education System by Halden Morris. Part 3 on Developments in Secondary Education, contains two articles - Teacher Turnover in Schools in the Reform of Secondary Education Project by Errol Miller, and Starting from Scratch: CXC Music Examinations for Caribbean Schools by Joan Tucker. Part 4, Curriculum in Teacher Education, covers three articles - Teacher Education and Teaching Quality in Cuban Schools by Hyacinth Evans; Infusing Key Issues of Sustainability in the Teaching of Literature by Lorna Down; and The Revised Jamaican Teacher Education Curriculum: Stakeholders' Responses to the Language Arts and Social Studies Components by Clement Lambert and Vileitha Davis-Morrison. Previous issues of the Institute of Education Annual are also available.