This book brings together leading scholars of Caribbean education from around the world. Schooling continues to hold a special place both as a means to achieve social mobility and as a mechanism for supporting the economy of Caribbean nations. In this book, the Caribbean includes the Greater and Lesser Antilles. The Greater Antilles is made up of the five larger islands (and six countries) of the northern Caribbean, including the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, and Jamaica. The Lesser Antilles includes the Windward and Leeward Islands which are inclusive of Barbados, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago along with several other islands. Each chapter provides a unique perspective on the various social and cultural issues that define Caribbean education and schooling. The Handbook on Caribbean Education fills a void in the literature and documents the important research being done throughout the Caribbean. Creating a space where Caribbean voices are a part of international discussions about 21st century global matters and concerns is an important contribution of this work.
Dedication.
Foreword; Kofi Lomotey.
Introduction: Caribbean Education as a Portal to the Future; Eleanor J.
Blair.
Section I. Teaching And Leading In The Caribbean.
Chapter
1. Emigration of Education: The Dominican Republic's Fleeting
Education System; Jatnna Acosta.
Chapter
2. Comparing Teacher Professional Development Initiatives in Three
Caribbean Countries: Implications for Leaders; Charmaine Bissessar.
Chapter
3. The Work and Professional Identity of Caribbean Teacher Educators;
Carol Hordatt Gentles.
Chapter
4. Enacting Collaborative Teacher Action Research as Professional
Development in the Bahamas; Gertrude Tinker Sachs.
Chapter
5. Accountability in Schools in Jamaica as a Mode of Colonization:
Threats to Teachers' Autonomy and Students' Creativity; Shalene Chung Thomas,
Carmel Roofe, Lovette Bailey, and Tian Bennett-O'Meally.
Section II. Learners And Learning In Caribbean Education.
Chapter
6. Community of Learners: Using a Needs-Based Alternative Education
Model to Support the Socioemotional and Academic Needs of Adolescents on the
Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica; Minkie O. English and Rozanne Dioso-Lopez.
Chapter
7. Counterintuitive Gender Differences in Academic Achievement Across
Socioecological Contexts Among Adolescents From Trinidad and Tobago; Nadia
Jessop.
Chapter
8. Examining Early Childhood Development in the Caribbean: Working
Toward Regional Improvement; Zoyah Kinkead-Clark.
Chapter
9. Bridging Cultures Between Jamaican Immigrants' Home and U.S.
Schools: A Study on Jamaican Immigrants' Childrearing Values; Stephaney S.
Morrison and Janee Steele.
Chapter
10. The Interface of Educational Systems and the Media: Framings of
Male Underachievement in Jamaica Between 2002 and 2012; Oral Robinson and
Sheria Myrie.
Section III. Culture And Caribbean Education.
Chapter
11. Parent Involvement in Schools: Barriers Parents Face Within the
Bahamian Community; Anica Bowe and Chenson L. Johnson.
Chapter
12. Shifting Paradigms: Exploring Cultural Practices as Local
Knowledge Systems Trinidad and Tobago; Isabel Dennis.
Chapter
13. School Counseling in Barbados: An Ethnographic Study of the
Roles, Practices, Challenges, and Demands; Dominiqua M. Griffin and Julia
Bryan.
Chapter
14. Until You Too Have Journeyed: Empowering Teachers Through a
Cross-Cultural Online Collaborative Learning Space; Aisha Spencer and
Jacqueline Darvin.
Chapter
15. Weak State, Strong Diaspora: A Case Study on Education in
Jamaica; Giselle Thompson.
Section IV. Stem And Caribbean Education.
Chapter
16. Small Island Sustainability Education: Engaging Youth in Research
and Education Practices for Building Sustainable Futures; Jennifer D. Adams,
Sophia Perdikaris, and Rebecca Boger.
Chapter
17. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: An Exploration of Bridge-Building
in the Science Classroom; Susan Herbert.
Chapter
18. Addressing the Stem Gender Gap in Trinidad and Tobago; Stella
Jackman-Ryan.
Chapter
19. All Means All: An Inclusive Educational Model for Panama to
Address the Need for STEM and Literacy; Beverly A. King Miller.
Chapter
20. Advancing STEM Education Reform in Jamaica: Recursive Approaches
to Culturally- and Contextually-Relevant Curricula Design; Theila S. Smith,
Christina Siry, Jennifer D. Adams, Saran Stewart and Pauline
Watson-Campbell.
Section V. Twentyfirst Century Issues In Caribbean Education.
Chapter
21. The Education Leader in the 21st Century Caribbean-Based Online
Learning Environment; Aleshia V. A. Allert.
Chapter
22. Tertiary-Level Education in the Cayman Islands: Challenges and
Opportunities; Byron Coon, Stacy R. McAfee, and William P. Schonberg.
Chapter
23. Dismantling Neoliberalism: Strategies Deployed by Educational
Leaders in Haiti for Individual Success and Public Gain; Lucas Endicott.
Chapter
24. Constructing Regional Citizen/Ship in an Era of Mature
Regionalism: A Vision of 21st-Century Caribbean Education; Tavis D. Jules and
Richard Arnold.
Chapter
25. Toward a Caribbean Perspective of Global Citizenship Education: A
Comparative Analysis of Education Students' Reflexive Perspectives of Global
Citizenship; Gary W. J. Pluim and Saran Stewart.
Chapter
26. Core Language Implications in Caribbean Countries and the Global
Dynamic; Keisha McIntyre-McCullough, Reishma A. Seupersad, and Nicole
Warmington-Granston.
Chapter
27. ConclusionCaribbean Education: A Future of Possibilities;
Kenneth Williams.
Contributors.
Index.
