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Caribbean-American Relations in High School History Textbooks, 1950–79

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The literature on national school history textbooks suggests overwhelmingly that they represent the major source of information concerning national and international history for most people. They play a significant role in shaping the historical perspectives of those who read them, as well as their perceptions of, and attitudes toward, their own nation and other nations and peoples. By implication, therefore, it may be argued that history textbooks can and do affect international understanding.

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Using Error Analysis to Measure Performance on Two Linear Measurement Tasks

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The study sought to identify students' competence with two basic linear measurement tasks. The sample comprised 1,920 students in Standards 2, 3, and 4 (ages 8–10 years) in primary schools. Through error analysis of the tasks, responses which characterized the tasks were identified. These formed the bases for the task protocols which were used to score students' work. From the data it became evident that Standard 2 students (8-year-olds) did not have the skills as identified in the curriculum objectives.

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Integrated Science for Caribbean Schools An Assessment of the Structure and Skill Level of Tasks in Books 1 and 2

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Utilizing the Laboratory Structure and Task Analysis Inventory, this study examined the structure and skill level of the tasks in the practical activities prescribed in the revised Integrated Science for Caribbean Schools (ISCS), Books 1 and 2. The results signify that the tasks are highly structured and deductive in approach, with heavy emphasis on low-level skills. Some of the implications of the findings for the acquisition of scientific process skills by the users of the ISCS books and similar integrated science projects are discussed.

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Toward a Policy on Foreign Language Study for the Commonwealth Caribbean

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Over the past decade, the number of students studying foreign languages at tertiary level in the Caribbean has declined. The general perception among secondary school students is that there is no real need to study to an advanced level the two major foreign languages taught, because they are not essential to social promotion.

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Indirectness in African American Speech Communities Some Implications for Classroom Practice

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The appearance in 1981 of a paper by Sarah Michaels in I which the “topic-associating" style of reporting used by black first-graders in a California school is contrasted with the more highly valued “topic-centred” style of their white classmates, led me to wonder whether these students might be responding to what Dell Hymes (1980) refers to as norms of their respective communities.

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The Introduction of Mother Tongue Education in Curaçaoan Primary Schools

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The introduction of teaching in the mother tongue, Papiamento, in primary schools in the former Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao is described and evaluated. The introduction of mother tongue teaching is seen by its proponents as a means to facilitate students' learning. At the same time it is meant to strengthen the Curaçaoan cultural identity. Proponents of mother tongue education have not welcomed evaluative studies of mother tongue programmes.

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New Directions in Teacher Education in Jamaica: The 1981 Reforms

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The purpose of this paper is to document and discuss the 1981 reforms in teacher education in Jamaica. These important reforms have not yet been documented elsewhere and will no doubt be the subject of future research and debate within the education community. This paper:
 

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Conceptions of Effective Staff Development: A Caribbean Perspective

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Two theoretical conceptions of how to effect enhanced teacher performance, namely the technocratic and the teacher development models, have tended to dominate the literature of the past decade or so (McNergney and Carrier 1981).

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Elementary Education in Early Twentieth-Century Jamaica

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The early years of this century were of considerable significance in elementary education in Jamaica. The stringent measures recommended by the Education Commission of 1897-98 to reduce expenditure on education were implemented, following the severe economic depression of the 1890s. For providers of education the religious denominations and the government this was a period of soul searching and decision making. Drastically reduced budgets meant identifying and defining priorities.

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