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Book review: Eric Williams: The myth and the man by Selwyn Ryan. Kingston: The University of the West Indies Press, 2009, pp. 842, ISBN: 978-976-640-207-5.
(Department of History, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus,Trinidad and Tobago, 2011-03)
The review will draw attention to Selwyn Ryan’s extensive research on the topic and longstanding
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Friend or foe? Venereal diseases and the American presence in Trinidad and Tobago during World War II
(Department of History, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus,Trinidad and Tobago, 2010-04)
While there has been extensive scholarship into sexually transmitted diseases, particularly HIV/AIDS in the latter part of the twentieth century, and a very rudimentary understanding of `a VD problem’ during World War II, ...
A critique of industrial air dispersion modelling in Trinidad and Tobago
(2009-04-14)
Air dispersion modelling (ADM) was required by the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) of Trinidad and Tobago for an aluminium smelter complex, an iron and steel plant, and a chlor-alkali plant. This article critiques ...
Language and competitiveness in Trinidad and Tobago: Taking stock
(2015-07-15)
Language and Competitiveness is a multilingual, multidisciplinary, and multi-component research project that looks at the nexus between language and competitiveness in contemporary Trinidad and Tobago. The project, which ...
Rethinking Nation Building
(Daily Express, 2008-06)
This article identifies some of the changes required in the education system of Trinidad and Tobago in order to meet the challenges of national transformation and nation building
Schooling: Crossing Cultural Borders
(Daily Express, 2002-11)
This article explores the ways in which culture can impact on schooling, and suggests that in order to facilitate successful cultural border crossing by students, teachers in Trinidad and Tobago need to become truly ...
Teacher Performance Revisited
(Daily Express, 2005-07)
This article identifies some of the reasons for the apparent lack of zeal among teachers in Trinidad and Tobago, and argues that more attention will have to be paid to how teachers are inspired or motivated in order to ...
Vision 2020 and Education
(Daily Express, 2005-05)
This article argues that there is need to revisit the approach to the curriculum, teacher training, and the appointment of principals to schools in Trinidad and Tobago if Vision 2020 is to become a reality for the education system
Empowering Our Primary Schools
(Daily Express, 2009-02)
This article argues that the primary education system in Trinidad and Tobago is totally inadequate for providing the foundation for the seamless education system being proposed by the Ministry of Education. Suggestions are ...
Technological Citizenship
(Daily Express, 2007-02)
This article argues that if students in Trinidad and Tobago are to be adequately prepared for life in an uncertain future, the Ministry of Education needs to implement the ideals and practices of tchnological citizens, ...