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Becoming a Teacher Educator in Jamaica: some initial findings

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While there has been increasing interest in the process of becoming a teacher,very little attention has been paid to the process of becoming a teacher educator. Yet teachers of teachers go through the same process as teachers and experience similar influences that shape the kind of teacher educator they become. Important aspects of the learning process for teacher educators include becoming sensitive to their role and the special responsibilities entailed.

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Investing in Early Childhood Education and Development in Jamaica: Perspectives, Problems and Possibilities

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The focus of this paper is on the importance of investing in early childhood education in Jamaica as a strategy for developing quality human capital in support of nation building. The paper highlights national and Caribbean perspectives on early childhood education and development and the experience of investing resources in ECED in the context of severe budgetary constraints and increasing social demands.

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Editorial

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Our regular readers would have noticed that this issue of the Journal was published and printed in Jamaica. From its inception in 1997, Education and Development Services (EDS) has published the Journal in Guyana. EDS moved to Kingston, Jamaica in August 2000. It is now registered in Jamaica under the name of Education and Research Associates Ltd. Future communication about the Journal and all other publications of EDS should be addressed to Education and Research Associates Ltd at the address given on the inside of the cover page of this issue.

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The University of the West Indies and Caribbean Tertiary Level Institutions: Increasing Access, Maintaining Quality

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The University of the West Indies (UWT) is supported by 15 countries of the English-speaking Caribbean and is the only regional university. UWI delivers its programmes on the three campuses, by distance education techniques and, to a growing extent, through regional Tertiary Level Institutions (TLIs). This latter mode of delivery was encouraged by a major internal study of the university's operations that recommended that the tertiary colleges should become close partners of the university.

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Human Resources Development in The Caribbean: Overcoming The Unemployment Problem

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Unemployment is regarded as one of the most challenging economic problems facing the governments of the Commonwealth Caribbean. The available data indicate that unemployment is particularly high among the young cohorts of the labour force (15-25 years), and especially among young females. Several initiatives have been undertaken in the region to enhance the quality and usefulness of the human resource base of the respective countries - curriculum reform, vocationalization of the secondary school system, skills training programs, etc.

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School Failure and Success: A Gender Analysis of the 1997 General Proficiency Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Examinations for Jamaica

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In this paper the 1997 results of the CXC examinations for Jamaica are analysed in an effort to determine male female patterns of participation and performance. Data were obtained and scrutinised in terms of male female differences in a two stage analysis. Firstly, differences were examined for: the overall total of thirty-six (36) subjects and then for each of the sixteen (16) academic and twenty (20) technical-vocational subjects. At the second stage, differences were examined for: coeducational and single-sex schools, and school types.

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Editorial

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After two special issues, one on Gender in Education and Development and the other on Distance Education, this issue is a 'mixed bag' which should provide something of interest for all our readers. Two of the articles, in fact, take up themes from the special issues and explore them from a different perspective.

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Linking Research, Teaching, and Teacher Education to Improve Practice

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This paper reports on a project aimed at improving the impact of teacher education by improving the quality of teaching in Jamaican teachers colleges. The project is a collaborative one between the Institute of Education and lecturers in one teachers college. The paper begins by locating this research in research on teaching at the college/university and primary and secondary levels, and provides some background to collaborative action research. It then describes the background and purpose of the project and the activities engaged in during the first year.

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Rethinking Pathways to Excellence in Teacher Education

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The paper uses a historical perspective to discuss issues that have influenced and continue to shape teacher education in Jamaica. In addition, practical and philosophical characteristics of the current programme are highlighted. In examining the existing system and charting new pathways, the importance of the teacher in a formative context is highlighted as a core component in reconceptualizing the programme of the School of Education.

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Education and Secularization Taking Philosophy of Education Seriously

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We all like to think we can make a difference.

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