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

This article examines the challenges posed to education planners by a standards-based approach

Over the past ten years there has been remarkable growth in studies on sexuality in the Caribbean. One of the most underrepresented areas of these analyses, however, remains the intersection between queerness and Indo-Caribbean ...

This research aimed to study the intercultural aspects in the teaching-learning process of Portuguese as a Foreign Language in a non-immersive context. By the introduction of communicative tasks and by using the communicative ...

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 ...

This article uses a quotation attributed to Chief Seattle (1854) as an example of what curriculum development in the postmodern era must be attentive to, namely, the multiple knowledges and ways of knowing that diverse ...

This bibliography attempts to provide an overview of the literature available in the area of motivation and reading, and is not intended to be comprehensive. It focuses on reading as a lifelong habit and not as literacy ...

This article identifies the culture of certification that pervades the teaching profession in Trinidad and Tobago as a constraint on the professionalism of teachers. It makes suggestions on ways in which the stakeholders ...

This article argues that there is a need to reassess the concept of human development and the role of the education sector in facilitating desirable human development