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The Impact of the Use of High-tech with Environmental Resources on Student Teachers' Performance

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SKU: IOEPS-6-7

This project investigated the impact of the use of high technology with environmental resources on student teachers' performances. The goal was to determine, first, if student teachers could create an interactive learning environment using environmental resources and high-tech, and second, their competency in doing so.

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Effective Use of ICT at the Tertiary Level in Jamaica and the Caribbean: Are We Ready?

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SKU: IOE-PS-6-5

The importance of information and communication technology in education cannot be overemphasized. There is no doubt that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become a prominent mechanism for the delivery of education at the tertiary level internationally. Educators in the Caribbean have witnessed significant increase in offerings in several areas of education by off-shore universities and other tertiary level institutions in recent times. A common mechanism employed by these institutions is ICT.

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Integrating Technology in Education: A Case for Strategic Thinking, Planning and Creative Utilization

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SKU: IOEPS-6-4

The call for teachers, administrators and other facilitators of learning to integrate technology in education has been an ongoing one for many years, ever since the term "instructional technology" was first clearly defined in the 1970s, or perhaps even before. [See Reiser (1987) for early definitions of this term.] Whatever may be the interpreted or accepted meaning of the term "instructional technology", it should be appreciated that such meaning has been evolving, and perhaps will continue to evolve as new technologies continue to emerge.

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ICT in Jamaica's Primary Schools: A Review of the Instructional Technology Subcomponent of PESP

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SKU: IOEPS-6-3

The Information Age is basically defined by the wide-scale availability of various information and communication technology (ICT) tools. As new and emerging ICT tools become more widely used in the society, teachers at all levels of education systems are offered opportunities to harness the powers of these tools in teaching and learning.

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ICT in Early Childhood Education

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SKU: IOEPS-6-2

No-one can deny the significance of quality early childhood education in our increasingly global and technological society. Among the many issues involved in providing the highest quality developmental experiences for young children is the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in early childhood education. This paper explores how ICT can be used in early childhood education. After an overview of the status of early childhood education internationally and in Jamaica, developmentally appropriate practices for using ICT in early childhood are described.

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Implementing the Constructivist Approach to Teaching: The Challenge for Teachers in Jamaica's Primary Schools

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SKU: ioeps-5-8

With the introduction of the Revised Primary Curriculum in the late 1990s, a child centred, integrated, holistic curriculum was adopted at the lower primary level with a more subject-based approach at the upper levels. A constructivist pedagogical approach was en­dorsed.

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Notes on Contributors

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Physical Education in the Caribbean Assessing Progress through the CXC Examinations

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The International Charter of Physical Education and Sport adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cul­tural Organization (UNESCO), at its twentieth session in Paris in November 1978, states in its first Article: 
 

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No, teacher, it nuh begin with 'Once upon a time': Strategies for Facilitating Engagements with an Informational Text

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SKU: ioeps-5-6

This exploratory study describes the instructional strategies and related activities a first grade teacher and I used to promote engagements with an informational text in one rural Jamaican primary school. Some of the instructional strategies and activities which we used included making connections as a bridge from the known to the unknown, read-alouds, echo and choral readings to increase content knowledge and expand vocabulary and look-backs to gather and write important facts about bananas.

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Doctoral Supervision: Perspective of the Supervisee

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Doctoral study is a complex process, and the critical and overarching factor is the quality of supervision. The article presents reflections on a doctoral supervision from the perspective of the supervisee.

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