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Information and communications technology initiatives in secondary schools in Trinidad and Tobago
(School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, 2008)
The education system of Trinidad and Tobago must keep step with international advancements in Information and Communications Technology (ICT). The knowledge-based, technology-driven global environment demands that our ...
Caribbean Report 29-01-2001
(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2001-01-29)
The L2 learner's performance
(School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, 2008)
It is generally accepted that the native speaker's grammatical competence differs from his performance, as the speech act is influenced by memory limitations, distractions, and slips of the tongue. However, because this ...
Transforming education in the Caribbean: Are we ready for change?: Keynote presentation
(School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, 2008)
This paper examines the readiness of the Caribbean region for the transformation of education under the following headings: 1) Global context of transformation, 2) Education and economic growth revisited, 3) Caribbean ...
Instructional materials development for primary Spanish in the Caribbean
(School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, 2008)
In recent years, several Caribbean countries have stated their commitment to implement Spanish as a foreign language in the primary school curriculum. This initiative exposed certain needs: syllabus, teacher training, and ...
Integrating Two Artificial Intelligence Theories in a Medical Diagnosis Application
(2010-11-03)
Reasoning Systems (Inference Mechanisms) and Neural Networks are two major areas of Artificial Intelligence(AI). The use of case-based reasoning in Artificial Intelligence systems is well known. Similarly, the AI literature ...
Pre-service secondary school mathematics teachers exploring computer technology in a Caribbean context: Challenges encountered
(School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, 2008)
This paper discusses the challenges encountered in an English-speaking Caribbean context as five pre-service secondary school mathematics (PSSM) teachers explored the use of computer technology (CT) in their instructional ...
Curbing students' disruptive behaviours in Jamaican secondary schools
(School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, 2008)
In recent years, the media have been reporting an increase in students' disruptive behaviours in secondary schools in Jamaica. These disruptive behaviours are many and varied and are causing serious concerns to all ...
A model for 360 degree teacher evaluation in the context of the CSME
(School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, 2008)
With free movement of Caribbean professionals across the region, individual Ministries of Education and regional institutions must be able to monitor their performances in the field. The primary intention of the proposed ...
Bilingual Education among the Karipúna and Galibi-Marwono: Prospects and Possibilities for Language Preservation
(John Benjamins, 2010)
Amapá French Creole is spoken mainly by the Karipúna and Galibi-Marwono, who are both indigenous Brazilians as well as members of the wider Caribbean French Creole-speaking community. Members of both ethnic groups are ...