This article examines the modes of triadic dialogue that emerged between a technical-vocational teacher and a group of 14 fifth form students at a senior comprehensive school in Trinidad. It also explores the teacher's ...

This paper documents the development of performance standards for the Trinidad and Tobago primary school national assessments of educational achievement. Performance standards are written expectations of student achievement ...

This paper attempts to assess the current trend of integrating the use of technology into the classrooms of tertiary level institutions like the University of the West Indies at St Augustine. This thrust has for example, ...

There is a global call for creativity to improve and expand the knowledge economy. The production of more creative individuals from our education system requires that creativity skills be taught alongside existing curriculum. ...

Modern society has brought greater opportunities for peer groups to play relatively greater and increasingly unsupervised roles in the lives of young men as they grow up. At the same time social and economic circumstances ...

This article reflects on the issues addressed at the Second Ecuadorian Congress of Public Education held on 23-27 April, 2007, and considers the lessons to be learnt by Trinidad and Tobago from the discussions

Estella Scott-Roberts was a woman small in stature yet giant in heart, whose infectious, hearty laugh, determined chin and tremendous personal strength added character to her physical beauty. What she has come to symbolize ...

The above title‘s lyrical excerpt is taken from Trinidadian soca artist Bunji Garlin‘s 2003 song ―Dignity, in which he addresses youth who are engaging in prostitution and transactional sex. In the song, Garlin chastises ...

In recent years, with some notoriety, there has been a vibrant debate in Jamaica over the boundaries and contours of national identity in relation to sexuality and fundamental rights and freedoms. It has involved a broad ...